Ainscough Flour Mill, Burscough
This large mill dominates the flat countryside around Burscough and it's chimney can be seen for miles around. Originally owned by H & R Ainscough, who also owned a mill in Parbold (and a hotel in Southport) it was later owned by Allied Mills until it's closure in 1998.
The site has been bought by Persimmon Homes who will be converting the mill into apartments. After nearly 10 years of disuse, the site is starting to decay, and has suffered some vandalism, but is largely intact. However, some plant has been removed, leaving large gaps in the floors, making exploration a cautious exercise.
Photos are included in the The View From The North Download Volume 1.
UPDATE 06-01-2010:
I have been contacted by an artist called Louise Wood, who is a community based artist. Her work is inspired by peoples connections with their built environment, and she is currently planning work for an exhibition called 'Recollection' at the Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk. This focuses on two specific buildings which were once centres of employment, one being Ainscough Mill, Burscough.
Louise would like to make contact with former workers to interview them about their worklife at Ainscoughs. She will use that information as the foundation to make the artwork, and their words will also be fired on, and fused into the ceramic surface. This work will then be exhibited in an exhibition called "Recollection" at the Chapel Gallery in Ormskirk, late April for 6 weeks. If you would like to get involved, please use the contact form here: http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/contact.html
Examples of Louise's work can be found here: www.placespaceidentity.net
The site has been bought by Persimmon Homes who will be converting the mill into apartments. After nearly 10 years of disuse, the site is starting to decay, and has suffered some vandalism, but is largely intact. However, some plant has been removed, leaving large gaps in the floors, making exploration a cautious exercise.
Photos are included in the The View From The North Download Volume 1.
UPDATE 06-01-2010:
I have been contacted by an artist called Louise Wood, who is a community based artist. Her work is inspired by peoples connections with their built environment, and she is currently planning work for an exhibition called 'Recollection' at the Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk. This focuses on two specific buildings which were once centres of employment, one being Ainscough Mill, Burscough.
Louise would like to make contact with former workers to interview them about their worklife at Ainscoughs. She will use that information as the foundation to make the artwork, and their words will also be fired on, and fused into the ceramic surface. This work will then be exhibited in an exhibition called "Recollection" at the Chapel Gallery in Ormskirk, late April for 6 weeks. If you would like to get involved, please use the contact form here: http://www.theviewfromthenorth.org/contact.html
Examples of Louise's work can be found here: www.placespaceidentity.net
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