Salts Mill (sometimes spelled Salt's Mill) is a former textile mill, now an art gallery, shopping centre, and restaurant complex in Saltaire, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It was built by Sir Titus Salt in 1853, and 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.
The Mill and surrounding village of Saltaire was financed and built by the 19th century industrialist and philanthropist Sir Titus Salt after he observed other textile factories and was disappointed by the working conditions he saw there. At the time mill working conditions were commonly poor, with most workers suffering disease, low wages and labour exploitation. Dangerous machinery and long hours, sometimes exceeding 16 hour working days, resulted in frequent accidents. Titus Salt acknowledged this and built a factory and surrounding village with which he intended to improve the working conditions for his employees. 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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The spellings Salts Mill and Salt's Mill (that is, with and without an apostrophe) are both commonly used. The former is used consistently by the Salts Mill website[3] and the Saltaire Village website;[4] the latter by Visit Bradford from the official Bradford Tourist Information service.[5] Both versions are used in the UNESCO World Heritage documentation.[6]
See also
- Grade II* listed buildings in Bradford
- Listed buildings in Saltaire
- Bliss Tweed Mill
- Lister Mills
- The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus
References
- ^ Historic England. "Saltaire Mills - main block including sheds (Grade II*) (1133523)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ^ Jim Greenhalf, Salt & Silver: A Story of Hope (Bradford Libraries, 1997, ISBN 0-907734-52-9
- ^ "Salts Mill". www.saltsmill.org.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Saltaire, World Heritage Site". saltairevillage.info. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Welcome to Bradford". www.visitbradford.com. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Saltaire". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
External links
- Salts Mill Official web site.
- UNESCO World Heritage Centre
- Salts Mill at Structurae
- Historic England. "Saltaire Mills, Main block (1133523)". National Heritage List for England.
- Historic England. "Saltaire Mills, Entrance block (1300744)". National Heritage List for England.
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- http://www.saltaire.org.uk/salts-mill
- http://roberts-park.org/saltaire-history-timeline-1858-1892/
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/work/england/bradford/article_1.shtml
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