Looking at Buildings

two-bayGlossary Term [1] extension at the N end of the Radium Street front. A lunetteGlossary Term [2] flanked by two conventional windows in the S gableGlossary Term [3], to Jersey Street, lights the atticGlossary Term [4]. The (modified) three-storey engine house is in the N end bayGlossary Term [5] of the original building, as was the original entrance which gave access to an internal circular stair tower which wrapped around the chimney. The mill was affected by serious fires in the C19, so the internal construction may not be original. It has heavy timber floors without joistsGlossary Term [6] and the cast-iron columns with compression plates at the top to spread the load. This is one of only two surviving examples of this form of construction to survive in Manchester, the other being at nearby Brownsfield Mill, Binns Place. The roof has unusual trusses of timber and cast ironGlossary Term [7] designed to maximise the usable atticGlossary Term [8] space.