Douglas Mill is a Grade-II listed mill and Coach House, built in the 1840’s on Bowling Old Lane, Bradford.
The mill has been refurbished by Kier to create teaching facilities for the Dixons Sixth Form Academy. Work began on the £13.3 million project in December 2018 and was completed in spring 2020.
Restoration challenges included repurposing the listed Coach House, which had been unoccupied for 20 years, to create changing facilities for an adjoining new-build sports hall and designing a dining area within a basement space.
The refurbishment retains the mill’s original features such as corridors of white pillars and original brickwork. Nearly all rooms benefit from natural light from the mill fenestration patterns on the front and exterior elevations. The building has a modern, light, airy feel which provides high quality accommodation for the 850 students studying at the Academy.
Coach House
Mark Rothery Principal
Keith Pierre
