‘RMS Titanic’ mill in Nidderdale set for residential transformation
An historic mill in Nidderdale, which is thought to have made the glass for Fountains Abbey and rope for RMS Titanic, is to be converted into homes.
Conversion specialist Newby bought the building in the village of Glasshouses to transform it into a combination of three and four bedroom town houses, two bedroom properties and two and three bedroom apartments.
Thought to be the site where glass was made for Fountains Abbey in 1387, Glasshouses Mill was officially documented as a corn mill from 1812. As corn production declined it converted to a flax mill with various extensions between 1836 and 1844 and employed over 400 people at its peak.
In 1899 the building was converted to hemp spinning and rope making and it is the local understanding that the mill made rope for RMS Titanic. More recently it has been used for a variety of businesses before Newby secured a joint venture partnership with a Pateley Bridge resident who has owned the mill for 46 years.
Newby co-founder Nick Moody said: “This an investment close to my heart. I grew up in the area and live just a few miles away and had often passed the mill with great aspirations to convert it. The site owner wanted to secure the future of the mill with a safe pair of hands and recognised that we have the credentials and local knowledge to preserve its future in the right way.
“Glasshouses is only a 30-minute drive to Harrogate and just one mile from Pateley Bridge which won best UK village high street last year. It really is the most idyllic place to live at the gateway to the Yorkshire Dales and the building itself is right on the River Nidd with sensational views.”
Newby was set up in 2008 by the former directors of city living pioneer City Lofts. In 2016 it completed the transformation of office space at Windsor Court in Harrogate into 27 apartments and in 2015 it converted a former coaching Inn at 32 Devonshire Place in Harrogate into 12 apartments and a mews house overlooking The Stray.
More recently Newby announced the purchase of the former Nestle factory in York with plans to convert into 263 apartments with amenities.
Harrogate property agent Nicholls Tyreman will be marketing the scheme.
