Should Mill be Preserved?

Laxey Flour Mills has been recommended for entry onto the island’s protected building register.

The Department for Planning & Building Control has been asked to survey its as a candidate for inclusion into the register of special architectural or historic interest on the grounds of special interest.

Built in the late 1850s after Richard Rowe, Captain of the Mines, sought to open a much larger mill than those
existing in Laxey to provide flour and bread for the miners and their families.

Following an initial assessment, facts regarding the building’s history and architecture are being checked at this stage to enable a registration assessment and recommendation to be made as to whether the building meets the criteria for entry in to the Register of Protected Buildings.

The mill was designed by Richard Casement (designer of the Lady Isabella Water Wheel) and is believed to have been built by John James Moore (builder of Moore’s Bridge over Glen Roy). It was officially opened on February 27 1861.

Since then it has survived three fires and continues to process Manx grain as it has gone on to become a landmark building in Laxey.

Fire at Laxey Flour Mill in 1913 PG/1552/3

Any person may make written submissions to the Registered Buildings Officer, Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture, Planning and Building Control Directorate, Murray House, Mount Havelock, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 2SF, or via email to buildingconservation@gov.im, by January 8.