Hartford Mill

Hartford Mill was a Grade II-listed building located off Block Lane, in the Freehold area of Oldham, UK.^[1]

Hartford Mill
General information
Coordinates	53.537354°N 2.135546°W / 53.537354; -2.135546

History

It was constructed as a cotton-spinning mill in 1907. Frederick Whittaker Dixon designed it for the Hartford Mill (Oldham) Company Ltd. It was extended in 1920 and 1924. It was Grade II-listed on 8 March 1993. ^[1] In 1991, Littlewoods vacated the building, and it has been unoccupied since then. A fire significantly damaged it in 2014,^[2] and a teenager died after falling through the roof of the building in 2015.^[3] It was proposed for demolition in 2018. Demolition of the mill was due to be completed in August 2020 but was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4] Demolition restarted in July 2021 and the last remaining structure, the mill chimney, was demolished on 1 October 2023.^[5]