Description

GEDLING MANSFIELD ROAD SK 54 SE (East side), Daybrook 6/10007 Former J & R Morley Hosiery Factory II Hosiery factory. c1860, 1885 and 1901. Built for Mr Hardy and extended by J & R Morley. Three ranges built around a small courtyard. The original south-west range, red brick with blue brick and ashlar dressings. Slate hipped roof. Ashlar chamfered plinth and moulded first floor band. Rusticated quoins. Moulded brick cornice. 2 storey, 8 window south front, with 8 glazing bar sashes and a small inserted doorway to the east, above 8 glazing bar sashes, and above in the centre a small curved gable containing the factory clock. At the west a truncated square chimney stack. The 1885, north-west range, red brick with brick and ashlar dressings and a slate roof. Chamfered plinth and moulded brick cornice. 3 storey plus basement, 11 x 4 bays. West front has defining pilaster strips, and 3 round headed windows with iron frames, plus linking cill and hood bands. Above 3 similar windows with decorative panels below and liking hood band. Above again 3 similar windows, the end ones smaller, with similar decortaive panels and hood band. Above a wide gable with ashlar coping and kneelers, containing an ashlar panel inscribed AD 1885, J & R MORLEY. Attached to the south-west a 2 storey link building, with a large cart entrance with gates and a small office building beyond. A single central round headed window with to the left a doorway with overlight, above 4 small round headed windows with 2 larger windows to the left and a single to the right. North and south fronts have 3 floors of segment headed windows with iron frames. The 1901 east range, steel framed with red brick cladding and concrete dressings. 3 storey plus basement, 13 x 5 bays, with a slightly projecting centre bay. South front has 5 segment headed basement windows with steel frames. Upper floors have steel framed windows set back within 5 tall vertical strips. The ground floor has a projecting concrete cill band, and the second floor a chamfered concrete cill band. All the windows have plain concrete lintels except the second floor ones which are decorated with a row of 5 round arches each. The low brick parapet is topped with concrete coping. The central bay rise above the parapet with a concrete panel inscribed J & R MORLEY and two diamond panels inscribed 19 and 01. The other facades have similar fenestration throughout, though the west, courtyard facade has a series of taking-in doors to the right of centre. This is a particularly well preserved group of late Victorian hosiery factories each showing a major architectural and industrial development of this period.

Listing NGR: SK5801444756

External Links

• Wikidata Q26567200

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)