A former mill built in 1872 that once manufactured fine tweed made from the wool of local sheep. At the outset of the 1914-1918 great war, it got a contract to make army uniforms, which broke an earlier labour strike at the mill, due to the men needing to go off to war and the women needing to earn cash. It closed down in 1980 when it became a listed Grade II building. By 1988 it was converted into residential apartments. It looks unusual for a factory because the owner asked for it to look like a country house (hence the pedimented towers at the four corners), and the tall chimney stack above a dome allowed the smoke from the furnace (which created the steam that powered the looms) to escape. Now it stands silent and elegant in the landscape and hosts the peaceful home lives of many. Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England. July 2025.

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