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Draycott Mills, front range
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK4433
Built 1840-50, it probably housed the lace making machinery. Now converted to... (more)
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Alexandra House, Rutland Street, Leicester 1
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK5904
Bootlace warehouse. Dated 1897, designed by Edward Burgess (architect) for Sir... (more)
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Provident Works (The Student Lodge), Gamble Street, Nottingham
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK5640
Tenement lace factory of c.1860, now converted to student accommodation. The... (more)
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Victoria Mill, Draycott
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK4433
View from Potter Lane bridge. This shows the length of the building and also the... (more)
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Victoria Mill, Draycott
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square SK4433
The side of the mill with its stair towers.
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Victoria Mill, Draycott
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square SK4433
Victoria Road facade from the east. There is a flush bracket bench mark... (more)
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Cornish Place Works, Sheffield
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK3488
This former integrated cutlery works dates from the late 18th century with 19th... (more)
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Former J B Spray & Co lace mill, Russell Street
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK5640
After standing empty for many years it was converted to student accommodation in... (more)
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Kirk's Factory (Nottingham Square), Newdigate Street, Nottingham
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK5640
Tenement lace factory, dated 1872 below the clock, now converted to student... (more)
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Victoria Mill, Draycott
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square SK4433
The engine house. The narrow windows above the engine house mark the location of... (more)
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Footshape Boot Works
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SP7561
The former Barratts Shoes headquarters, now converted to apartments. A fine... (more)
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Alexandra House, Rutland Street, Leicester 3
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square SK5904
Upper section of the corner of the building. The dome was lost during the war... (more)
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Victoria Mill, Draycott
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK4433
View from the west showing the triangular end to the building surmounted by the... (more)
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22 Leathermarket Street
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square TQ3379
A former industrial building, presumably part of the Bermondsey leather... (more)
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Pick Building, Wellington Street
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK5804
A large hosiery factory, built in 1914 and extended successively up to 1945, the... (more)
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Crispin House, North Street
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SE3033
Built c.1914 for clothing manufacturer Heatons and renamed Crispin House in 1979... (more)
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The ropery, Wilne Lane
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK4430
The hub of a rope-walk which extended some 300 metres to the left of the... (more)
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Downs Park Road, E8
by Des Blenkinsopp
geograph for square TQ3385
An old industrial building converted to housing.
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Carr Foundry offices
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK7080
R A Bradshaw's Carr Foundry was an important supplier of castings for... (more)
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Looking across Kirkstall Road toward Burley Wood Works
by Graham Robson
geograph for square SE2634
Looking across Kirkstall Road towards a building containing apartments which... (more)
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Former water tower, Ashby-de-la-Zouch
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK3516
Built in 1851, elegantly converted to form a dwelling. Listed Grade II.
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Crispin House, North Street, New York Road facade
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SE3033
The further bays were added in 1926 Link in... ( more) |
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The Smithy, Main Street
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK8816
Built as a unit in the mid-19th century, and now converted to residential use.... (more)
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Frogmarsh Mill - former wool drying stove
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SO8401
An iconic building of the Gloucestershire woollen industry that has now been... (more)
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Printhouse apartments
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square NT2575
A conversion of the 1902 printing works of G Waterson and Sons who specialised... (more)
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Frogmarsh Mill - wool drying stove
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SO8401
An iconic building of the Gloucestershire woollen industry that has now been... (more)
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Flats on the former Stuart Crystal glassworks site
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SO8986
Industry disappears or moves into out-of-town sheds. The former canalside town... (more)
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Alexandra House, Rutland Street, Leicester 7
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square SK5904
Etched glass window with Faire Brothers name, possibly a later replacement to an... (more)
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Pump house and Lockkeeper's Cottage, Windhill Lock, Shipley
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SE1537
Two of the three remaining buildings of the former Bradford Canal. The pumping... (more)
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Kenilworth House, High Level Road, Gateshead
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square NZ2563
According to an estate agent's website, "Kenilworth House is a stone... (more)
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Kirk's Factory (Nottingham Square), Newdigate Street, Nottingham
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK5640
Tenement lace factory, dated 1872, now converted to student accommodation.... (more)
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Former canal warehouse, Cobwell Road
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK7080
Converted for residential use. There is a bench mark... (more)
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Alexandra House, Rutland Street, Leicester 8
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square SK5904
Sculpture of the god Atlas carrying a cornice bracket on the Rutland Street... (more)
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Burley Wood Works, Kirkstall Road
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SE2634
I misinterpreted the name at first: this is not a place where wood was worked,... (more)
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Alexandra House, Rutland Street, Leicester 6
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square SK5904
Cartouche with letter F for Faire Brothers, facing Rutland Street. See... (more)
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Alexandra House, Rutland Street, Leicester 5
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square SK5904
Detail of the decoration surrounding the main doorway... (more)
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Alexandra House, Rutland Street, Leicester 4
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square SK5904
Interior of the porch which has a domed ceiling in gilded mosaic with matching... (more)
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Alexandra House, Rutland Street, Leicester 2
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square SK5904
Main entrance doorway with decorative terracotta surrounds and wrought iron... (more)
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Queens Road, Nottingham
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK5739
What used to be a largely industrial area, with lace factories, has now become... (more)
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Former grain stores at Speirs Wharf
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square NS5866
The 5km branch of the Forth and Clyde Canal from Stockinfield Junction to the... (more)
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Mercia Court, High Street, Repton
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK3026
A fine example of an early (1920s/30s) motor showroom and workshops. Offices and... (more)
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Beckett's works
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK3488
An update on my 2008 view Link . Recent... ( more) |
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Crispin House, North Street, detail
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square SE3033
Panel at the top of the 1926 extension along New York Road. See... (more)
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Crispin House, North Street, doorway onto New York Road
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square SE3033
Brick with decorative pale terracotta. See... (more)
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Crispin House, North Street, the dome
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square SE3033
Brick with decorative pale terracotta. See... (more)
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Crispin House, North Street, detail
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square SE3033
Ground floor column forming part of what would have been the showroom. Pale... (more)
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Kirk's Factory (Nottingham Square), Newdigate Street, Nottingham detail 2
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square SK5640
Carriage arch on Russell Street with J&L K[irk] monogram on keystone. See... (more)
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Provident Works (Bee Living), Russell Street, Nottingham
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK5640
Later 19th century extension to the Provident Works... (more)
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Town End Road Draycott
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK4433
Running alongside Victoria Mill. The Midshires Way footpath runs along this street.
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Victoria Mill, Buxton Road
by Humphrey Bolton
geograph for square SK2168
This mill was built in the 19C and was used for grinding corn until 1945.
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