It was built between 1884 and 1885 for the Cavendish Spinning Company by Potts, Pickup & Dixon of Oldham.

It is a fireproof design and was the first mill in Ashton to have concrete floors and a flat roof.

[1] It is instantly recognisable by the octagonal staircase that surrounds the lower part of the chimney.

Between 1911 and 1920 many of the mules were replaced by ring frames so it contained 57,172 mule spindles and 22,588 ring spindles[1] Until 1934,[4] the Cavendish Spinning Company used the mill for spinning coarse and mediums of American cotton, after which it was used for the process of winding artificial silk from synthetic fibres on to weavers beams by the Bentinck Street Silk Works company until 1976,[5] and then by Twinglass Limited, a double glazing company, to manufacture window frames.

It is still standing, having been converted into a resource centre for the community, commercial units and 165 apartments by the Worcester-based Sanctuary Housing Association in 1994.