A HISTORIC mill in the district is up for sale.

The 19th-century Brooks Meeting Mill, in Oxenhope, near Keighley, has been put on the market, together with an adjacent Grade II-listed cottage.

Planning permission is in place to convert the three-storey mill into five four-bedroom residential units.

And approval has been given for a single-storey complex at the rear to be demolished and a further five homes built.

Keighley-based property consultant Hayfield Robinson is handling the sale.

The company, based in Russell Street, said it was pleased to be involved in selling a building that is “a bit different.”

“There is a lot of history and industrial heritage in this site and we are absolutely delighted to be involved,” said Ian Hayfield, for the company.

“We more normally sell factories and retail/offices but from time to time something a bit different, like this, comes along.

“There aren’t many of these mill opportunities arise nowadays.

“It hasn’t been on the market for long but already there has been a lot of interest from builders, both locally and regionally.

“It’s a lovely site, with a beck running alongside.”

Both the mill and the detached cottage, at West Shaw Lane, are being marketed as one lot.

The mill was substantially extended back in the 1880s and then again in 1910.

An older spinning mill, part of the complex, burned down in 1916 and but was never replaced after the fire.

The building was last occupied by a furniture manufacturer, Daedalian, but is now only used for storage purposes.

Plans for the housing scheme were submitted to Bradford Council last autumn.

The applicant said the project would enhance the character and appearance of the conservation area.

Reacting to the scheme, Oxenhope Parish Council described the proposals as sympathetic and imaginative.

The cottage was built as a pair of dwellings in the 1820s. It is now a single house.

Both the mill and the cottage building are owned by a family from the local area.

Although also currently selling a woodland site with waterfall at Steeton, Hayfield Robinson is more normally associated with large industrial schemes.

It was a co-agent for the multi-million pound Riverside Business Park, on the former Magnet site in Keighley.

And it is involved in the neighbouring Aireside development.

The specially-built units sold for a total of £17 million. The entire 17-acre site – opposite Cougar Park and Keighley police station – is fully occupied, with more than 400 people working for the dozen firms there.