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Mount Lane, BRIGHOUSE, HD6 3AB

Part of the Spout Hill development. The street has not been adopted (according to the council's map with transport network overlay), perhaps because it is surfaced with block paving and has no footways. Just before the gable-end Brighouse FP103 slopes down to the right.

This led to Spout Mills, but these were burnt down several years ago and the site was derelict until redevelopment for houses started recently. At the bottom of the hill, Mount Lane swings round to the right and leads to the terrace of houses in the distance called Mount Pleasant.

A previous photograph from approximately this position showed this development in the early stages of construction. Unfortunately I did not see it when Spout Mills was still here.

This was demolished to make way for a block of flats in the Spout Hill development. A brass plaque by the doorway on the right reads 'THOMAS HELM AND SONS'. The mill down the hill had been demolished by 2004 and has now been redeveloped with tall town-houses. I have been informed that: "the rear of the building with the large windows was the Burling and Mending Shed, staffed mainly by women who picked out and/or sewed in the loose threads in large bolts of the finished cloth that hung from the roof of the building. It was hard, painstaking work that required good light, good eyesight and manual dexterity.".

I should think that this house was probably built for a manager at Spout Mills nearby. It has been empty for a while, but it looks as if it is now being refurbished. It has a fire escape at the side, so has perhaps been used for offices or flats. The tall privet hedge alongside the road has been reduced, revealing this view of the front.

These are back-to back, the yard the back is New Road Square. New Road Sunday School is the next building.

The developer of the former mill site constructed steps here at first, but there were protests, presumably because that made the path too urban in character.

This is a few 19C houses grouped around a yard at the top of Delf Hill.

Spout Mills were demolished a few years ago, and the site is being redeveloped for housing. The reservoir has been filled in and new houses (unfortunately not captured by the camera) built above the wall.

There is a row of smallholdings, mostly used for poultry, off the footpath between Delf Hill and Spout Hill.