Time for tea!

Over the border to Rawtenstall Lancashire and a visit to ”The Weavers’ Cottage” which is an 18th century loom shop and one of the oldest surviving buildings in Rossendale. 
"The Weavers’ Cottage” was never actually a “cottage”. It was built ca1780 as a ‘loom shop’ for Fall Barn Mill. It housed several looms on the top two floors, lit by rows of mullioned windows which face d south to catch the sunlight.
Weavers came to work here from the neighbouring farms and homesteads as it was easier for the owner to keep all his goods in one place rather than transporting the raw materials to each weaver’s home and then returning to collect the finished products.
More info here