Wakefield Phoenix Mills to be transformed after £625k grant

A former mill is to be redeveloped into what it is claimed could be one of the largest creative spaces outside London following a £625,000 grant.

The cash to regenerate Phoenix Mills at the Rutland Mills complex in Wakefield has been awarded by Historic England.

The Grade II-listed mill dates to about 1800 and was originally a grain store.

The money would be used to fund repairs to the building's roof, drainage and walls, as well as new windows, according to Historic England.

This would secure the structure of the building, the oldest of the mill buildings on the edge of the River Calder and Calder and Hebble Canal, enabling its redevelopment as part of a creative hub, a spokesperson added.

The complex as a whole would be a "mixed-use, creative and cultural cluster with state-of-the-art facilities", developers Tileyard North said.

Phoenix Mill, which later in the 19th Century became a corn mill and then a textile mill, would join that development after its restoration.

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