Description

WOLVERHAMPTON

SO99NW FREDERICK STREET
895-1/5/222 (North side)
Moxley Foundry

II

Car factory for Star Motors, now foundry. c1905. Brick with
ashlar dressings, plastered front; slate roof. U-plan: 3
ranges round courtyard to rear, with C20 infill. 2 storeys;
17-window range with central gable and 3 windows at each end
in gable ends of return wings. Flat pilasters, cornice and
coped gables with finials, that to centre with pedimented
panel. Segmental-headed windows have C20 casements; central
1st floor window to each gable end is round-headed with
keystone; tripartite central 1st floor window with cornice to
central light. Large inserted entrance with sliding doors
replaces central ground floor window and 2 to left;
round-headed entrance to right with C20 glazed door has frieze
and pediment over. Left return 25-window range, windows
articulated in pairs by pilaster strips plus one to right end;
segmental-headed windows have small-paned iron frames. Right
return similar but 15-window range, higher to right end, with
alternate windows and pilaster strips. Yard filled with single
storey shed. Important as the 1st purpose-built car factory in
Wolverhampton, a centre of the early motor industry, but
following the standard courtyard design of C19 factory
buildings. The company became the 6th largest producer of cars
in the country; but was taken over by Guy Motors in 1928 and
cars were then no longer produced here.
(Collins P: Notes on buildings of interest in Wolverhampton:
1990-).

Listing NGR: SO9139997936

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26569611

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Recommended Books

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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version