Clarence Mill

Clarence Mill
The mill in 2007
Clarence Mill is located in Cheshire
Clarence Mill
Location in Cheshire
Cotton
Spinning (mule mill)
Structural system1841 Fireproof ground floor (blowing room)
1854 Fireproof throughout
1877 Mill, Stotts 1871 patent double brick arch in rolled iron beams
LocationBollington, Cheshire, England
Serving canalMacclesfield Canal
Serving railwayManchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway 1872,
North Staffordshire Railway
Marple to Macclesfield Branch
OwnerMartin Swindell
Further ownership
Current tenantsApartments
Coordinates53°18′03″N 2°06′02″W / 53.3008°N 2.1005°W / 53.3008; -2.1005
Construction
Built1834, 1841, 1856, 1877
Floor count5
Design team
Architecture Firm(1877 mill) A H Stott & Son
Power
Date1841, 1877
Engine maker(1877) W & J Galloway & Sons
Installed horse power (ihp)(1877)700
Equipment
Date1877 & various
ManufacturerAsa Lees
Cotton countFine for lace
Mule Frames53000 spindles (1939)
27000 ring doublers(1939)
References
Calladine & Fricker 1993, p. 107
Holden 1998, p. 218

Clarence Mill is a five-storey former cotton spinning mill in Bollington, Cheshire, in England. It was built between 1834 and 1877 for the Swindells family of Bollington. It was built alongside the Macclesfield Canal, which opened in 1831.