Holm Mill, Huddersfield

Milnbridge, near Huddersfield

1865 Advertisement: 'MILNSBRIDGE. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, by Mr. BENJAMIN THORNTON, at the Queen Hotel, Market-street, Huddersfield, on Friday, the 9th day of June next, at Six o'clock in the Evening, subject to conditions of Sale to be then and there produced, the valuable LEASEHOLD PROPERTY, that is to say ALL that valuable LEASEHOLD MILL, called Holm Mill, with the Long Chimney, the Stove, Engine-house, Boiler-house, Drying-room, Raising-room, Press-shop, Stable, Mill Yard, and other premises contiguous and belonging thereto, situate at Milnsbridge. near Huddersfield.
Also, all that excellent Horizontal STEAM-ENGINE, of 25-horse power, made by the Low Moor Iron Company ; and the newly-constructed BOILER, of 30-horse power, with patent diminishing valve and safety valve, having also two flues, eight Galloway tubes, wrought iron bridges in firing-place of flues, steel plates over firing part, and the easing plates and flue plates being respectively seven-sixteenth inches thick. The Boiler has only been set about six or seven weeks, and is of the very best construction, having been made by Messrs. Taylor and Hirst, Ironfounders, Marsden.
The Mill is two storeys high (with spacious Attic over same), measuring 15 yards long by 14 yards wide (inside measure). It is well roaded, well supplied with water, well lighted on all sides, and adjoins the River Colne on the north, and near to the Huddersfield and Manchester Canal on the south, an occupation road only intervening.
The purchaser will have the option of taking at a valuation all or any portion of the Cloth Finishing and other Machinery and Fixtures in and about the Mill, Rooms, and premises, belonging to the vendor.
The premises comprise an area of 1,001 yards or thereabouts, and are held under two leases from Sir Joseph Radcliffe, Baronet, for terms of 999 years, as to one part thereof from 1st May, 1861, and as to the other portion thereof from the 1st January, 1864, at the annual ground rent of £5 2s. 2d., and £3 4s. 8d.
The premises are in the respective occupations of Messrs. Calverley and Beaumont, Thomas Hirst and Son, and William Hirst ; are well and substantially built, calculated to secure responsible tenants, and being situate so near the town of Huddersfield and also to the Railway Station at Longwood, afford an excellent opportunity for investment.
To view the premises apply to the respective tenants, and for further particulars to the Auctioneer ; or to T. W. CLOUGH, Solicitor, Huddersfield. Huddersfield, 17th May, 1865.'

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