A striking Colne spinning mill that is due for demolition will not be listed, it has been confirmed.
According to English Heritage, Spring Gardens Mill, in Waterside, does not meet the strict criteria applied for national listing.
While they state that the mill is “clearly of local interest”, they added that the Heritage Minister agreed with their decision.
Proposals were put in to knock down the historic building back in March.
They were met with mixed reactions from the public.
An English Heritage spokesman said: “The spinning mill is a very striking building, imposing itself on the landscape at five storeys tall, however it is of a utilitarian and functional design with little architectural embellishment — the other buildings in the complex are very modest in design.
“All of the buildings in the complex have been altered, some substantially, and all have had their machinery removed.
“They have undergone a certain amount of attrition through alteration and partial demolition and the surviving elements are now but a fragment of the whole.”
Textile manufacturing mills in Pendle that are currently listed at Grade II are Brierfield Mills, Primet Foundry and Higherford Mill.