Former concrete works and associated housing. Much of the housing is currently subject to demolition but the complex has been studied by Roberts (2004) who has identified its potential significance as an early example of the use of concrete in domestic materials. The houses along Queens road are built using 'Hodgkin and Jones Rockies', an artificial stone designed to imitate the rusticated 'rockies' popular in late 19th century buildings. Before construction of the Midland Railway c1870 to the south of the site and construction of this works this site lay in the valley floor of the River Sheaf and was cut across by the head goit to Cooper Wheel (see HSY 1840).