Flaxmill Maltings – Grandparent of Skyscrapers
The Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings were originally built as Dittherington Flax Mill and its Main Mill is widely acknowledged as the “world’s first multi-storey iron-framed building” – and sometimes referenced as the “grandparent of skyscrapers”. Built between 1796–1800 and opened in around 1797 as a mill to spin flax fibre into linen, the red brick structure […]