Royal Mill
Royal Mill | |
Location in Greater Manchester | |
| Cotton | |
|---|---|
| Alternative names | New Old Mill |
| Spinning (ring mill) | |
| Architectural style | Edwardian Baroque |
| Structural system | Reinforced concrete floors, transverse steel beams on cast iron columns |
| Location | Ancoats, Manchester, England |
| Owner | Fine Cotton Spinners and Doublers Association Ltd |
| Coordinates | 53°28′59″N 2°13′40″W / 53.4831°N 2.2278°W |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1910 |
| Completed | 1912 |
| Floor count | 5 planned 6 built |
| Design team | |
| Architect | H.S.Porter of Accrington |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
| Official name | Royal Mill |
| Designated | 11 November 1988 |
| Reference no. | 1247474 |
| References | |
| Miller & Wild 2007, p. 55 | |
Royal Mill, which is located on the corner of Redhill Street and Henry Street, Ancoats, in Manchester, England, is an early-20th-century cotton mill, one of the last of "an internationally important group of cotton-spinning mills" sited in East Manchester. Royal Mill was constructed in 1912 on part of the site of the earlier McConnel & Kennedy mills, established in 1798. It was originally called New Old Mill and was renamed following a royal visit by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1942. A plaque commemorates the occasion. The Ancoats mills collectively comprise "the best and most-complete surviving examples of early large-scale factories concentrated in one area".