Building in Harle Syke, to the north-east of Burnley, Lancashire
Queen Street Mill
Queen Street Mill
Location within the Borough of Burnley
Cotton
Weaving mill
Current status
Closed 12 Mar 1982
Architectural style
Single storey
Location
Harle Syke, Burnley, Lancashire, England
Owner
Queen Street Manufacturing Company
Further ownership
Burnley Borough Council (1982)
Current owners
Lancashire Museums
Coordinates
53°49′N2°12′W / 53.81°N 2.20°W / 53.81; -2.20
Construction
Built
1894
Completed
1895 (1895)
Floor count
1
Design team
Awards and prizes and listings
A Grade I listed building.No. 1416482(2013-12-25)
Power
Date
1894
Engine maker
William Roberts of Nelson
Engine type
Tandem compound
Valve Gear
Corliss valves operated by Dobson trip gear
rpm
68
Installed horse power (ihp)
500
Transmission type
Direct drive to line shafts
Boiler configuration
Boilers
Twin Lancashire boilers, coal fired
Pressure
140
Equipment
Date
1894
Manufacturer
Pemberton
Harling & Todd
No. of looms
990 (now 308)
Queen Street Mill is a former weaving mill in Harle Syke, a suburb to the north-east of Burnley, Lancashire, that is a Grade I listed building.[1] It now operates as a museum and cafe. Currently open for public tours between April and November. Over winter the café is opened on Wednesdays. It is also viewable with private bookings.
It was built in 1894 for the Queen Street Manufacturing Company. It closed on 12 March 1982 and was mothballed, but was subsequently taken over by Burnley Borough Council and maintained as a museum. In the 1990s ownership passed to Lancashire Museums. Unique in being the world's only surviving operational steam-driven weaving shed, it received an Engineering Heritage Award in November 2010.
Previously open to visitors and offering weaving demonstrations, the museum closed in September 2016 (except for pre-booked school parties). In April 2018 Lancashire County Council announced that the museum, along with Helmshore Mills Textile Museum and the Judges Lodgings in Lancaster, would reopen three days a week.[2]
^Historic England & 1416482.
^"Cabinet agrees to reopen some Lancashire museums". Lancashire County Council. 13 April 2018. Archived from the original on 27 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
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