Excellent photo but my gut tells me that the sky is too bright. Possibly cropping down a bit would make this perfect. Great contrast and point of view. Good Job!
Beautiful photo. Being processed in B/W enhances the mood a lot. The only thing I might mention would be that the building visually appears to be a tiny bit off vertical. If you used wide angle, and thus would have prespective problems you might have tried to make the near corner of the main, tall building the vertical line, as that's the one that your eye goes to right away.
Ooo...old mill canal? B&W works well, I think. I don't know if you could have gone to the other side of the water, but I think I'd have liked to see a bit more of the facade of the building. There seems to be just a bit too much sky in this photo for my taste.
Not sure some of the American voters will understand about the industrial revolution and its impact on the English cities. However, I do . Good shot, Nice idea."8". Dogman.