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(including the cost of mill equipment) --> Ditherington Flax Mill (promoted as the Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings), a flax mill located in Ditherington, a suburb of Shrewsbury, England, is the first iron-framed building in the world, and described as "the grandfather of skyscrapers".[1]

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Table of Contents

  1. 26 relations: Advantage West Midlands, Cast iron, Charles Bage, Ditherington, English Heritage, European Regional Development Fund, Flax mill, Great Recession, Hanwood, Heritage at Risk Register, Historic England, Iron frame, John Marshall (industrialist), Leeds, Listed building, Listed buildings in Shrewsbury (outer areas), Malt house, National Lottery Heritage Fund, Royal Institute of British Architects, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire, Skyscraper, Steel frame, William Hazledine, William Strutt (inventor).

  2. Buildings and structures in Shrewsbury
  3. Grade I listed buildings in Shropshire
  4. Grade I listed industrial buildings
  5. Grade II listed buildings in Shropshire
  6. Industrial buildings completed in 1797
  7. Linen industry
  8. Textile mills completed in the 18th century
  9. Textile mills in England

Advantage West Midlands

Advantage West Midlands was established in 1999 as one of nine regional development agencies (RDAs) in England.

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Cast iron

Cast iron is a class of iron–carbon alloys with a carbon content of more than 2% and silicon content around 1–3%.

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Charles Bage

Charles Woolley Bage (1751–1822) was an English architect, born in a Quaker family Shrewsbury Local History website.

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Ditherington

Ditherington is a suburb of the town of Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire, England.

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English Heritage

English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places.

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European Regional Development Fund

The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is one of the European Structural and Investment Funds allocated by the European Union.

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Flax mill

Flax mills are mills which process flax. Ditherington Flax Mill and flax mill are Linen industry.

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Great Recession

The Great Recession was a period of marked decline in economies around the world that occurred in the late 2000s.

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Hanwood

Hanwood is a large village in Shropshire, England.

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Heritage at Risk Register

An annual Heritage at Risk Register is published by Historic England. Ditherington Flax Mill and Heritage at Risk Register are structures on the Heritage at Risk register.

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Historic England

Historic England (officially the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England) is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

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Iron frame

The term iron frame describes the structural use of either cast iron or wrought iron in the columns and beams of a building.

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John Marshall (industrialist)

John Marshall (27 July 1765 – 6 June 1845) was a British businessman and politician from Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

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Leeds

Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England.

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Listed building

In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural and/or historic interest deserving of special protection.

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Listed buildings in Shrewsbury (outer areas)

Shrewsbury is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. Ditherington Flax Mill and Listed buildings in Shrewsbury (outer areas) are buildings and structures in Shrewsbury.

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Malt house

A malt house, malt barn, or maltings, is a building where cereal grain is converted into malt by soaking it in water, allowing it to sprout and then drying it to stop further growth.

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National Lottery Heritage Fund

The National Lottery Heritage Fund, formerly the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), distributes a share of National Lottery funding, supporting a wide range of heritage projects across the United Kingdom.

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Royal Institute of British Architects

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its royal charter granted in 1837, three supplemental charters and a new charter granted in 1971.

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Shrewsbury

("May Shrewsbury Flourish") --> Shrewsbury is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Shropshire, England.

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Shrewsbury and Atcham

Shrewsbury and Atcham was a local government district with borough status in Shropshire, England, between 1974 and 2009.

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Shropshire

Shropshire (historically SalopAlso used officially as the name of the county from 1974–1980. The demonym for inhabitants of the county "Salopian" derives from this name. and abbreviated Shrops) is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England, on the border with Wales.

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A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors.

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Steel frame

Steel frame is a building technique with a "skeleton frame" of vertical steel columns and horizontal I-beams, constructed in a rectangular grid to support the floors, roof and walls of a building which are all attached to the frame.

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William Hazledine

William Hazledine (1763 – 26 October 1840) was an English ironmaster.

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William Strutt (inventor)

William Strutt, FRS (1756–1830) was a cotton spinner in Belper, Derbyshire, England, and later a civil engineer and architect, using iron frames in buildings to make them fire-resistant.

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See also

Buildings and structures in Shrewsbury

Grade I listed buildings in Shropshire

Grade I listed industrial buildings

Grade II listed buildings in Shropshire

Industrial buildings completed in 1797

  • Ditherington Flax Mill

Linen industry

Textile mills completed in the 18th century

Textile mills in England

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ditherington_Flax_Mill

Also known as Ditherington Flaxmill, Ditherington Flaxmill Maltings, Flaxmill Maltings.