Nibthwaite Mill

Heritage listing

Details COLTON NIBTHWAITE SD 28 NE 5/59 Nibthwaite Mill II* Bobbin mill incorporating remains of iron furnace, now house. Furnace 1735, bobbin mill c.1840. Stone rubble with slate roofs. 2 storeys with basement, 6 bays. East elevation has lean-to outshut to ground-floor, with gabled wing, now garage. Windows have slated lintels and C20 small-paned casements; entrance with glazed door to return of outshut. Gable-end stack. North gable end has gabled porch; south gable end has window. West elevation has north end built against slope of ground, south end has older, slightly battered wall to former furnace, with dripcourse over, sloping up to left. Basement has segmental-headed entrance. Windows have C20 casements. Small attached building to south projects to west, with later extension alongside south gable end. Interior: basement has remains of furnace with large splayed arched openings to adjoining sides, one with iron lintel with: "N 1736". Adjoining bay has large segmental arch and timber base to bellows. An important survival of the Furness iron industry in a survival of the later bobbin industry, the building is a scheduled ancient monument along with the nearby mill race and wheel pit Listing NGR: SD2946488292 Legacy The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system. Legacy System number: 421732 Legacy System: LBS

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.