Salts Mill
Salts Mill (otherwise written Salt's Mill) is a former textile mill, now an art gallery, shopping centre, and restaurant complex in Saltaire, near Bradford, in the industrialised belt of the West Riding of Yorkshire. The mill was built by Sir Titus Salt in 1853 and around it he built a new model village for its workers, which he named Saltaire.
The present-day 1853 Gallery takes its name from the date of the building which houses it. The mill has many paintings by the local artist David Hockney on display and also provides offices for Pace plc.
When completed, the mill was the largest industrial building in the world by total floor area. It is a grade II* listed building.[1] The mill closed in 1986, and the following year it was sold to Jonathan Silver, who began a long renovation scheme.[2]
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- Location map: 53°50’20"N, 1°47’16"W
- Salts Mill
- UNESCO World Heritage Centre
- Salts Mill at Structurae
- Images of England — details from listed building database (337546) Saltaire Mills, Main block
- Images of England — details from listed building database (337545) Saltaire Mills, Entrance block
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1133523: Saltaire Mills - main block including sheds (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ Jim Greenhalf, Salt & Silver: A Story of Hope (Bradford Libraries, 1997, ISBN 0-907734-52-9