1896 - Boulevard Works - Nottinghan, Nottinghamshire
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N 52° 57.612 W 001° 10.626
30U E 622442 N 5869398
Boulevard Works, a former lace factory on Radford Boulevard. This is an addition to the earlier part of the factory dated 1896.
Waymark Code: WMY8KA
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/10/2018
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Boulevard Works, a former lace factory on Radford Boulevard. This is an addition to the earlier 1893 part of the factory dated 1896.
It is currently undergoing conversion into a student village, providing a mix of cluster units, studios and apartments.
"Former tenement lace and lace curtain factory and attached railings. 1883, for G H Perry & Sons. Addition dated 1896. Red brick, with ashlar, moulded brick and blue brick dressings and slate roofs, mansard at south end.
EXTERIOR: 1883 range has polychrome bands and moulded brick modillion eaves. Windows are cast iron glazing bar casements with moulded brick segment arched heads. 5 storeys plus basement and attic; 39 x 3 windows. Single range, parallel to Radford Boulevard, between Hartley Road and Norwood Road. Rounded corner entrance bay has shaped gable containing clock in Renaissance Revival surround. The clock is said to have been removed from Nottingham Guildhall. Moulded segment arched ashlar doorcase with panelled double doors, blind fanlight and keystone. Above, a single window on each floor. Front to Radford Boulevard has central projecting staircase tower with flat-headed mullioned windows and shaped gable. Segment arched door with cast iron area railing on ashlar plinth. 1896 range has similar ornament, with hipped roof at south end. Windows are taller cast iron glazing bar casements with flat heads to basement and first floor. 2 storeys plus basement, 33 windows. Entrance front, to Hartley Road, has painted ashlar doorcase with round hood on brackets and round arched doorway with columns. Central first floor window, flanked by pilasters, under a shaped gable with datestone. On each side, 2 windows. To left, a slightly recessed single bay. Forster Street front has a central 3 bays part with pilasters between bays on the upper floors, and coped gable with finials.
INTERIOR: 1883 range of conventional constructional form with cast iron columns and wooden cross beams."
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