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Thwaite Mill, Thwaite Lane, Stourton, Leeds LS10 1RP

Guide Price
£600,000
Savills Auctions, London
PROPERTY TYPE

Commercial Property

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Key features

  • Freehold Industrial Heritage Site and Buildings
  • Located on the River Aire
  • Recently Featured in a major TV Drama, 'A Woman of Subtance'
  • The entire site extends to approximately 7.7ha (19.0 acres).
  • Offered with Vacant Possession

Description

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Auction Sale - 23/06/2026 - To book viewings, view the legal pack and register to bid please refer to the full sales particulars on the Savills Auctions website

Industrial Heritage Site and Buildings

Offered with Vacant Possession

Recently Featured in a major TV Drama


Description

Thwaite Mill has most recently been a museum attraction and wedding function facility. The original fulling mill dates to 1641 and following the original textile uses the property was redeveloped in 1823-25. The mill has been put to a range of uses primarily connected with crushing seeds, timber, flint and chalk for the use in dyeing and the manufacture of materials including barytes for paint and glazing putty until 1975.

Most recently the Mill was one of the filming locations for the major television drama 'A Woman of Substance'.

The land and water space comprising the property offered for sale extends to approximately 7.7ha (19.0 acres).


Location

The property is located approximately 3.5 miles south of Leeds city centre and is adjacent to the River Aire and the Aire & Calder Navigation. The property is accessed from Thwaite Lane, a private roadway with a bridge over the canal and is off Low Road (A639) at the junction with Pontefract Road (B6481).. Thwaite Mill is approximately 0.25 miles from Junction 7 of the M621motorway.


Transport

Leeds Bradford Airport - 13 miles north

Leeds Railway Station - 3 miles



Accommodation

Total GIA 27,909 sq ft (2,592.88 sq m)


Planning

The existing use of the property is within Use Class F1, as Museum and Non-Residential institution of the Use Classes Order 1987 and within the Leeds Site Allocation Plan (Aire Valley Leeds Area Action Plan) the site is designated as 8green space9. Thwaite Mill is regarded as being of historic importance and there are currently six Grade II Listed buildings on the site.


Thwaite Mill, Thwaite Lane, Stourton, Leeds LS10 1RP

Approximate location

NEAREST STATIONS

Distances are straight line measurements from the centre of the postcode
  • Leeds Station2.2 miles
  • Woodlesford Station2.8 miles
  • Cross Gates Station3.0 miles
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