1912 - Boots Building, St. Peters St, Derby
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Kizzy Ball
N 52° 55.233 W 001° 28.550
30U E 602471 N 5864519
1912 Grade II listed building on the corner of East Street and St Peters Street with parge-work statues.
Waymark Code: WM7XAM
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/17/2009
Views: 6
This Grade II listed building on the corner of East Street and St Peters Street used to be Boots the chemist and was built in 1912 (later extended in 1938 down East street), in 2009 it is occupied by an accessories retailer.
The four statues on the exterior walls are created from plaster using a method called pargeting, they are of Florence Nightingale, John Lombe, William Hutton and Jedidiah Strutt and were made by Morley Horder.
Year of construction: 1912
Cross-listed waymark: Not listed
Full inscription: Not listed
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