The site of a modern textile mill. The Ordnance Survey First edition mapping of 1869 shows a mill race leading to an unmarked structure at this location. The building was converted from a flour mill in the early 1880s by a Lancashire silk weaver, Egbert Rydings who invested in the mill together with prominent artist and philanthropist John Ruskin's Guild of St George.


The original mill was converted and extended to provide space for carding, dyeing, spinning and weaving, and additional buildings were progressively constructed on a 90 metre frontage of land along the Laxey River and Glen Road to serve as outhouses and drying sheds. The mill was subsequently operated by a succession of owners and managers, using a range of powered machinery, before converting to the handlooms in use today.