the big mill leek 05/2010

[OLDSKOOL2]

The Big Mill Leek or Wardle & Davenport Ltd is in Staffordshire Built in 1857 by the famous Victorian architect William sugden, originally built for Lovatt and Goulding but later became Wardle and Davenport.The firm Wardle and Davenport was formed in 1867 with the partnership between Henry wardle and George davenport over many years they ran many successful business's employing up to 2500 people by the 1960's the company was suffering great losses and by 1970 they went into receivership, they also pioneered the way forward in artificial silk stockings, the building is currently under redevelopment....Visited with Host and Eotech

Thanks for looking Oldskool

 

[lost]

Thanks for that, I passed it last year and was curious about what it was like inside, but didn't have the time to stop - looks quite photogenic.

 

[Gorejess]

Gorgeous Building and Incredible pictures

 

[Foxylady]

Ooh, really liking that...love those stairs and the wooden floors & beams. Fabulous pics, Oldskool. Cheers for that.