Finally got up the hill to see the Stubbins Tentering Tower
This listed building called a Tentering or Drying Tower used to contain wooden frames on which cloth was stretched in order that it would remain in shape while drying.
The material was held on the frame using "Tenter Hooks".
The mill lower down the hill in Stubbins, to which this tower belonged to, was built in 1877 by the local textile manufacturing family the Porritts.
In those days the newly made cloth was brought up the hill from the mills in the valley below to dry with the help of the wind passing through the tower.
Lancashire Council is in the process of appointing an architect to design the interior and detail the renovation works required so the tower can be restored and then opened for public use.
in the meantime plans have been drawn by the trust to fit gates and railings to openings to prevent vandalism or trespassers.
The pics...
This listed building called a Tentering or Drying Tower used to contain wooden frames on which cloth was stretched in order that it would remain in shape while drying.
The material was held on the frame using "Tenter Hooks".
The mill lower down the hill in Stubbins, to which this tower belonged to, was built in 1877 by the local textile manufacturing family the Porritts.
In those days the newly made cloth was brought up the hill from the mills in the valley below to dry with the help of the wind passing through the tower.
Lancashire Council is in the process of appointing an architect to design the interior and detail the renovation works required so the tower can be restored and then opened for public use.
in the meantime plans have been drawn by the trust to fit gates and railings to openings to prevent vandalism or trespassers.
The pics...
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