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By the early 19th century, Manchester had become one of the world’s great textile-producing cities. Its population rose from 75,000 in 1801, to over 300,000 fifty years later.{{sfn|Hartwell|Hyde|Pevsner|2004|p=258}} The inner-city area of [[Ancoats]] became the main centre for factories and mills; largely open fields in the 1780s, “it became one of the most intensely developed industrial centres in the world”.{{sfn|Hartwell|Hyde|Pevsner|2004|p=376}} The [[Prussia]]n court architect, [[Karl Friedrich Schinkel]], visiting in 1824, wrote, “since the [[Napoleonic Wars|war]] 400 large new factories for cotton spinning have been built, several of them the size of the [[Kronprinzenpalais|Royal Palace]] in [[Berlin]]”.{{sfn|Hartwell|Hyde|Pevsner|2004|p=258}} Hope Mill was built in 1824 for Joseph Clarke & Sons, textile spinners and [[fustian]] weavers.<ref name=”auto”>{{NHLE|desc=Hope Mill|num=1246950|grade=II*}}</ref> A [[Stationary steam engine|steam-driven]] mill, its engines were supplied by [[Boulton and Watt]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hopemill.co.uk/history/|title=Hope Mill: History|publisher=Hope Mill Partnership|access-date=10 May 2021}}</ref> |
By the early 19th century, Manchester had become one of the world’s great textile-producing cities. Its population rose from 75,000 in 1801, to over 300,000 fifty years later.{{sfn|Hartwell|Hyde|Pevsner|2004|p=258}} The inner-city area of [[Ancoats]] became the main centre for factories and mills; largely open fields in the 1780s, “it became one of the most intensely developed industrial centres in the world”.{{sfn|Hartwell|Hyde|Pevsner|2004|p=376}} The [[Prussia]]n court architect, [[Karl Friedrich Schinkel]], visiting in 1824, wrote, “since the [[Napoleonic Wars|war]] 400 large new factories for cotton spinning have been built, several of them the size of the [[Kronprinzenpalais|Royal Palace]] in [[Berlin]]”.{{sfn|Hartwell|Hyde|Pevsner|2004|p=258}} Hope Mill was built in 1824 for Joseph Clarke & Sons, textile spinners and [[fustian]] weavers.<ref name=”auto”>{{NHLE|desc=Hope Mill|num=1246950|grade=II*}}</ref> A [[Stationary steam engine|steam-driven]] mill, its engines were supplied by [[Boulton and Watt]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hopemill.co.uk/history/|title=Hope Mill: History|publisher=Hope Mill Partnership|access-date=10 May 2021}}</ref> |
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By the mid-20th century, the building was derelict. In 2001 it was bought and refurbished by a private partnership and now houses a range of creative industries,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hopemill.co.uk/tenants/|title=Hope Mill:Tenants|publisher=Hope Mill Partnership|access-date=10 May 2021}}</ref> including the Hope Mill Theatre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hopemilltheatre.co.uk/|title=Hope Mill Theatre|publisher=Hope Mill Theatre Company|access-date=10 May 2021}}</ref> |
By the mid-20th century, the building was derelict. In 2001 it was bought and refurbished by a private partnership and now houses a range of creative industries,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hopemill.co.uk/tenants/|title=Hope Mill:Tenants|publisher=Hope Mill Partnership|access-date=10 May 2021}}</ref> including the Hope Mill Theatre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hopemilltheatre.co.uk/|title=Hope Mill Theatre|publisher=Hope Mill Theatre Company|access-date=10 May 2021}}</ref> |
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The seven-storey building is constructed from red brick and to a rectangular plan.<ref name=”auto”/> Hope Mill was designated a [[Grade II* listed]] building in 1994. |
The seven-storey building is constructed from red brick and to a rectangular plan.<ref name=”auto”/> Hope Mill was designated a [[Grade II* listed]] building in 1994. |
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Latest revision as of 10:04, 22 January 2026
Cotton mill in Manchester, England
Hope Mill on Pollard Street, in the district of Ancoats, Manchester, England, is a cotton mill dating from 1824. A steam-driven mill, its engines were constructed by the Birmingham firm of Boulton and Watt. Derelict by the mid-20th century, the building was redeveloped in 2001 and now houses a range of creative industries, including the Hope Mill Theatre. Hope Mill is a Grade II* listed building.
History and description
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By the early 19th century, Manchester had become one of the world’s great textile-producing cities. Its population rose from 75,000 in 1801, to over 300,000 fifty years later. The inner-city area of Ancoats became the main centre for factories and mills; largely open fields in the 1780s, “it became one of the most intensely developed industrial centres in the world”. The Prussian court architect, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, visiting in 1824, wrote, “since the war 400 large new factories for cotton spinning have been built, several of them the size of the Royal Palace in Berlin“. Hope Mill was built in 1824 for Joseph Clarke & Sons, textile spinners and fustian weavers.[3] A steam-driven mill, its engines were supplied by Boulton and Watt.[4]
By the mid-20th century, the building was derelict. In 2001 it was bought and refurbished by a private partnership and now houses a range of creative industries,[5] including the Hope Mill Theatre.[6]
The seven-storey building is constructed from red brick and to a rectangular plan.[3] Hope Mill was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1994.
- Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2004). Lancashire: Manchester and the South East. The Buildings of England. New Haven, CT; London: Yale University Press. ISBNÂ 0-300-10583-5.
