Description

1. 5409 KING STREET River Block at Royal Wilton Carpet Factory SU 0931 5/48A 4.8.51. SU 1031 5/48A

II GV 2. Mid-late C18. 3 storeys and attic, colour-washed brick, left hand end with quoins, off-set eaves courses, half-hipped old tile mansard roof. 5 dormer windows, centre gabled. A 7 bay front with central entrance on 1st floor approached by flight of concrete steps with plain wrought-iron railings, the lower ones twisted. 2 entrances on ground floor in slight wall thickening and with moulded brick cornices over, the left hand one now a window in segmental relieving arch, the right hand one a plain door above which a datestone has been set in (1655 T W). The river block is flanked by 2 wings. Left hand wing: older, 2 storeys, 1st floor clad in corrugated iron with four 2-light small pane casements, the ground floor has a wide central entrance and to left a Venetian-type small pane window in slight recess; traces of timber-framing in left hand end. Right hand wing: circa 1800 tall gault brick 3 storey block of 6 bays. Segmental-headed windows 2nd floor, round-headed on ground and 1st floors with radiating glazing and small panes. Modern lift or drying tower in angle of centre and left parts. Quadrangle closed to south-east by canteen wing - mid C19 2 storey red and gault brick 7 bay structure with sawtooth eaves cornice to quadrangle.

Listing NGR: SU0996431475

External Links

• Wikidata Q26274657

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