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The former textile mill is currently (2007) being rebuilt as housing accommodation.

Part of a complex of tape mills that is now converted to housing. See - Image

Former tape mill complex that is now housing. The satellite image shows a row of houses in the foreground that appear to have been demolished, opening up this vista.

John and Nathaniel Phillips bought the Old Hall House and surrounding land in 1747. A linen tape weaving mill was built bringing together the outworkers from the cottage industry. Further buildings were erected in the 1770s with the impressive Cross Mill built in 1823 to house steam powered Jacquard looms. The Finishing Mill faces out onto the main village street. The Phillips business survived until the 1970s and the mill closed in the 1980s. The buildings have been converted with a mix of private apartments and social housing. All of the open space around the mill buildings is taken up with car parking.

John and Nathaniel Phillips bought the Old Hall House and surrounding land in 1747. A linen tape weaving mill was built bringing together the outworkers from the cottage industry. Further buildings were erected in the 1770s with the impressive Cross Mill built in 1823 to house steam powered Jacquard looms. The building has an iron frame. The Phillips business survived until the 1970s and the mill closed in the 1980s. The buildings have been converted with a mix of private apartments and social housing. This view will soon disappear as the area in front of the mill is developed with modern three storey townhouses. I suppose this is a necessary evil as it helps to pay for the restoration project on the mill buildings.

The northern approach to the centre of the village. At the junction is Tean Hall Mill, originally a tape weaving factory, now converted into flats.

The large block of Cross Mill is to my right while following the path forward it goes through the mill buildings and onto the main road.

John and Nathaniel Phillips bought the Old Hall House and surrounding land in 1747. A tape weaving mill was built bringing together the outworkers from the cottage industry. Further buildings were erected in the 1770s with a larger mill in 1823 housing steam powered Jacquard looms. The buildings in the centre are the Loom Mill and Warehouse. The Phillips business survived until the 1970s and the mill closed in the 1980s. The buildings have been converted with a mix of private apartments and social housing.

A half-timbered house, dated 1613, in Upper Tean. Early residents were John and Nathaniel Philips, who established a tape-weaving company here in 1747. The company later built factories adjoining Tean Hall; part of one is seen here on the right.

John and Nathaniel Phillips bought the Old Hall House and surrounding land in 1747. A linen tape weaving mill was built bringing together the outworkers from the cottage industry. Further buildings were erected in the 1770s with the impressive Cross Mill built in 1823 to house steam powered Jacquard looms. The building has an iron frame. The Phillips business survived until the 1970s and the mill closed in the 1980s. The buildings have been converted with a mix of private apartments and social housing. The tight site creates problems with parking and a general lack of space for soft landscaping.