Benchmark - Bancroft Buildings - Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
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A cut benchmark on the old Bancroft Buildings, a former silk factory on the corner of Robin Hood Street and Roden Street, Nottingham.
Waymark Code: WMX823
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/10/2017
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A cut benchmark on the old Bancroft Buildings, a former silk factory on the corner of Robin Hood Street and Roden Street, Nottingham.
|
Square |
Easting |
Northing |
Mark type |
Description |
Height |
Order |
Datum |
Verified year |
Metres above ground |
|
SK |
5803 |
4021 |
CUT MARK |
BLDG JUNC ROBIN HOOD ST RODEN ST W FACE SW ANG |
36.012 |
3 |
'N' |
1962 |
0.400 |
The Bancroft Buildings were a grand silk factory on the corner of Robin Hood Street and Roden Street. The building was converted into flats in 2003.
Built in 1869 for William Windley, like many lace and cotton factories in the East Midlands it had many-windowed attic workshops where much of the finest work was done, in the most favourable light. What looks like a red clock face on the corner gable above the date is, in fact, a weather vane, marked with the points of the compass instead of numbers.