Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios restores world’s first cast iron building

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With the introduction of brand-new stonework, a hidden steel grillage and extra ground-floor columns, FCBS had the ability to improve its architectural strength while not detracting from the framework’s “one-of-a-kind personality”.

“The rooms within the main mill allow the actors iron structure to be seen and appreciated, and flooring layouts are prepared around the structural format of the building, consisting of full flooring plate hallways, and completely open floorings on some degrees,” Rich told Dezeen.

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The Quality I-listed Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings was originally created in 1797 by engineer Charles Bage and is called the “grandfather of high-rises” due to its framework, which was the first of its kind throughout the world.

To prevent disrupting the big, open areas of the mill, blood circulation is housed in the former kiln, with lifts, a black-steel stairs and sidewalks positioned underneath its recovered wood- and steel-framed roof covering.

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The site was used as a flax mill prior to being converted into a maltings, or malt house, and offering a stint as a temporary barracks during the 2nd world battle. In 1987 the mill was closed and stood overlooked up until its ultimate purchase by Historic England in 2005.