Eagley Mills

The complex is adjacent to a model village originally built for the millworkers.

Philips of Manchester, after which the model village was founded with houses, a school, a bowling green, a cricket pitch and a library.

In 1871 the first of the large modern mill buildings was built on the north side of the river.

In 1896 Chadwicks merged into the textile conglomerate of J & P Coats, who finally ceased production at Eagley in 1972, making 600 workers redundant.

[5] It is built of brick in 5 storeys with stone banding and a slate roof and a rectangular floor plan of 14 by 6 bays.

It has a bell cupola in one corner and was originally steam powered, having an 800hp single cylinder engine by Hick Hargreaves.