Port Mill, Brimscombe

at Brimscombe Port, Stroud, Glos.

A former textile mill, now used for office accommodation.

See Historic England entry.

James Ferrabee owned the mill from the mid 1840s to 1866.

1872 Sale of the woollen mill included 'a Twenty Horse -power Engine, two Boilers, two Water-wheels, Shafting and Gearing; and the following Machinery and : Six 60-scribbling Engines with cards, condensers, doffers, &c., three of Tatham's Mules, each 420 spindles, two Sizing Machines, 18 Broad Looms, 8-inch Hydraulic Press, with hot plate ; four Shearing Machines, Gigs, Fullers, Washers, &c, 12-inch Slide Lathe, 6-inch ditto, 9-inch Gap Lathe, Circular Saw, Vertical Drilling Machine, Grindstones, large quantity of Wood Patterns, ...... This machinery is almost new, and in first rate order, and now in full work, and the water-power is ample. The premises are free of Land Tax, and were late in the occupation of Messrs. Ferrabee and Fox, and are now held by Messrs. Meacham on a monthly tenancy. To view apply to Messrs. Strachan, on the premises ; and for further particulars apply to the Auctioneer, 16, Tib Lane, Manchester ; Messrs. Johnson and Wetheralls, Solicitors, 7, King's Bench Walk, Temple, London ; Messrs. Emmett and Son, Solictors, ....'

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