Sentences with phrase «victorian mill owners»

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He grunts and growls with occasional Chewbacca whinnies; he huffs like a mill owner, or like one of those steam engines of the Victorian age whose encroaching modernity makes Turner so uncomfortable.

It was first built in the late 17th century, and has been much altered over the years, especially when wealthy mill owner Samuel Cunliffe - Lister bought the estate in 1888, much enlarging it and creating its present Victorian feel.

The owners of this three - bedroom, semi-detached Victorian mill worker's cottage in Birmingham bought it in 2005, after searching for a more rural setting for their family.