Former flax mill and listed building in Holbeck, West Yorkshire, England
This article is about the former flax mill in Leeds. It is not to be confused with Temple Mills.
Temple Works
Facade of the Temple Works office block
Flax
Architectural style
Egyptian
Structural system
Largest single room in the world when built
Location
Holbeck, Leeds
Construction
Built
1836
Employees
2600 (1840)
Decommissioned
1886
Floor count
1
Main contractor
Marshall and Co.
Design team
Architect
Joseph Bonomi the Younger
Structural engineer
James Coombe
Other designers
David Roberts
Power
Date
1840
Engine maker
B. Hick and Sons
Engine type
Two-cylinder beam engine
Valve Gear
Double-ended slide valves
rpm
19
Installed horse power (ihp)
240
Flywheel diameter
26ft (7.9m)[1]
No. of looms
Other Equipment
7,000 spindles
Listed Building – Grade I
Temple Works is a former flax mill in Holbeck, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was designed by the engineer James Coombe a former pupil of John Rennie;[2] the painter David Roberts; and the architect Joseph Bonomi the Younger. It was built in the Egyptian Revival style for the industrialist John Marshall between 1836 and 1840 to contain a 240 horsepower double-beam engine by Benjamin Hick[1] (B. Hick and Sons). Temple Works is the only Grade I listed building in Holbeck.[3]
^ abGraham, Stanley (2009). Steam Engine Research Resources. Lulu.com. p. 3. ISBN 978-1409290094.
^Percy, Sholto (July 1835). Nursey, Perry Fairfax (ed.). "On Railways. By John Herapath, Esq. No. VII. Sir John Rennie's Railway to Brighton and Shoreham". Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel Manufacturers, Metallurgists, Mine Proprietors, Engineers, Shipbuilders, Scientists, Capitalists ... 23: 308. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
^"Holbeck Conservation Area Appraisal" (PDF). leeds.gov.uk. p. 3. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
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