Midland Mills
Celebrating heritage at home
Leeds, UK
22 units within a Grade II Listed Building
Homes
01 Introduction
The development involves the refurbishment of the Grade II Listed Midland Mills to create 22 new homes and is the second stage of the ‘Sky Gardens’ development.
DLA were approached in 2022 directly by the client to take over this project, following demonstration of competence and a high standard of delivery on other comparable Listed Building projects. The team have worked closely with the client and later Torsion Construction, once renovated to bring the scheme to reality.
02 Site & Building History
John Jubb built his mill in 1793 and sold his business and the mill in the early 1800’s. The site and company changed through various textile manufactures over the years. The recession in the 1900’s resulted in the Platts being forced to cease trading in 1981 and Midland Mills was the last surviving Mill of the Textile Industry in Leeds.
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03 Passionate about Delivery
DLA’s extensive experience with Listed Buildings and Listed Mills in particular, equipped the team to provide the best approach to expertly tackling the complexities found at Midland Mills, due to its age but also the extent of deterioration found on site. The scheme looks to retain as much of the original Mill buildings as possible, whether the existing inverted brickwork arches, floors and structure or the exquisite original timber Queen Post roof trusses of the East Mill.
