Weaving and Spinning Mills, Sudden Rochdale

A weaving‑mill and a spinning‑mill are about to be built for two yarn‑weaving companies at Rochdale, from designs by Mr P Sidney Scott, of Yorkshire‑street, Oldham. [Building News 13 February 1914 Page 227]

SUDDEN. - The first sod of the two new mills to be erected on the Castleton Estate, at Sudden, near Rochdale, was cut on Thursday in last week. The mills are to be erected by two private companies, Tyre Yarns, Ltd., and Fabric Weavers, Ltd., for the manufacture of cloth for motor tyres. They will face Manchester‑road, which is to be widened at this point from Gipsy‑lane to Silk‑street from 36 feet to 45 feet. The contract for the building work has been let to Messrs R. and T. Howarth, Rochdale, contractors. Each mill will occupy an area of about 14,500 square yards, but they are being built with a view to further extension. The two mills will both be parallel with the railway, end to end, the area occupied by each building being approximately 450 feet by 390 feet. One mill will be devoted to cotton spinning, the second mill will be used for weaving and other processes. Mr. Sidney Stott, of Oldham, is the architect. [Building News 20 March 1914 Page 398]

THE NEW MILLS AT SUDDEN - The first sod of the two new mills to be erected on the Castleton Estate, at Sudden, near Rochdale, was cut on Thursday afternoon, and the work of building is to be pushed on as rapidly as possible. The mills are to be erected by two private companies, Tyre Yarns, Ltd., and Fabric Weavers, Ltd., for the manufacture of cloth for motor tyres, etc.

The contract for the building work has been let to Messrs R and T Howarth, the well-known Rochdale contractors who built many of the mills of the last boom. The contract for the ironwork has been secured by Mr J J Smithies. The buildings will be roofed throughout with Messrs Turner’s asbestos slates. The new mills will be erected on the land between the railway line from Rochdale to Castleton and the road known locally as Sidebottom’s Walk, which skirts the grounds of Castleton House. Each mill will occupy an area of about 14,500 square yards, but they are being built with a view to future extension so as to increase the production by 50 per cent. If these extensions are carried out the mills will occupy the best part of the large site of which the boundaries are the railway line, Gipsy Lane, Castleton House grounds, and the lane parallel to Gypsy Lane, which leads into Silk Street, Sudden, and connects Manchester Road with Valley Road.

The two mills will both be parallel with the railway, end to end, and will be separated by a distance of 80 feet, the area occupied by each mill being approximately 450 feet by 390 feet. One mil will be devoted to cotton spinning, and in this the raw cotton will be converted into single yarn: the second mill will be used for weaving and the other processes. The land falls away considerably from the railway line and on this account the lower portion of each mill will consist of two storeys, The bottom storey of the spinning mill will be utilised for cotton mixing and waste rooms, while the basement of the weaving mill will be occupied by a mechanic’s shop, cloakrooms, etc. Each mill will be run as an entirely separate concern, thought the directorate and the shareholders of both companies are the same. It is estimated that employment will be found for about 180 operative in the spinning mill and for over 300 in the weaving mill, including the winding, beaming and doubling departments. The ceremony of cutting the first sod was performed by Miss Pilling, the daughter of Councillor W Pilling JP, the chairman of the two companies. [Rochdale Observer, 14 March 1914 page 8]

 A weaving‑mill and a spinning‑mill are about to be built for two yarn‑weaving companies at Rochdale, from designs by Mr P Sidney Scott, of Yorkshire‑street, Oldham. [Building News 13 February 1914 Page 227]

SUDDEN - The first sod of the two new mills to be erected on the Castleton Estate, at Sudden, near Rochdale, was cut on Thursday in last week. The mills are to be erected by two private companies, Tyre Yarns, Ltd., and Fabric Weavers, Ltd., for the manufacture of cloth for motor tyres. They will face Manchester‑road, which is to be widened at this point from Gipsy‑lane to Silk‑street from 36 feet to 45 feet. The contract for the building work has been let to Messrs R. and T. Howarth, Rochdale, contractors. Each mill will occupy an area of about 14,500 square yards, but they are being built with a view to further extension. The two mills will both be parallel with the railway, end to end, the area occupied by each building being approximately 450 feet by 390 feet. One mill will be devoted to cotton spinning, the second mill will be used for weaving and other processes. Mr Sidney Stott, of Oldham, is the architect. [Building News 20 March 1914 Page 398]

Notes                    Sidney Scott was also a member of the board of the new companies

Reference    Building News 13 February 1914 Page 227
Reference    Building News 20 March 1914 Page 398
Reference    Rochdale Observer, 14 March 1914 page 8]
Reference    Manchester City News Saturday 15?  April 1915 (advertising feature)