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The area of derelict land which the mill sits in covers 0.8 acres (0.32 ha), and the combined mill floor-space is 6,230 square feet (579 m 2). [14] Low Mill is a grade II* listed building. [11] A steam engine was built in the mill c. 1785, not for processing cotton, but for returning discharged water from the mill race into the dam above the mill.
Farndale is home to two hamlets; Church Houses at the top of the valley and Low Mill further down. Low Mill is a tourist honeypot during daffodil season as this is where the famous daffodil walk begins. The other end of the daffodil walk is at High Mill a cluster of houses a short distance down a lane from Church Houses.
Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment is the largest privately owned arts facility in the United States. With a focus on visual arts, this huge historic factory building has been redeveloped into 153 working studios for over 200 artists and makers, 7 galleries, a theatre, community garden, and performance venues.
There are small settlements at Mungrisdale, Mosedale, Haltcliff Bridge, Southerfell, Berrier, Hutton Moor End, Hutton Roof, Low Mill, and Swineside. Most of the listed buildings are houses, farmhouses and farm buildings, the other listed buildings including a Friends' meeting house, bridges, a church, a former saw mill, a former school, eight ...
In the mid 19th century there were two silk mills, two cotton mills, and a flax mill. [4] In 1846 Ball Lane Mill was burnt down. Rumble Row Mill and Forge Mill operated until the 1930s and Willow Mill and Low Mill closed in the 1970s. [5] In 1826 coal and slate were worked in Littledale and bobbins for the mills were made. [6]
At Low Mill there is an Outdoor Activities Centre established in 1976. [22] Askrigg has three pubs, a village bakery with delicatessen, two tea rooms, a village shop, and newsagents. There are also a number of Bed & Breakfast establishments.
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The first mills formed the Merrimack Manufacturing Company and were running by 1823. [5] The settlement was incorporated as the town of Lowell in 1826 and became the city of Lowell ten years later. It boasted ten textile corporations, all running on the Waltham System and each considerably larger than the Boston Manufacturing Company.