Anglo Scotian Mills

Anglo Scotian Mills

Anglo Scotian Mills, Beeston
Location within Nottinghamshire
General information
Architectural style Crenellated Gothic
Location Wollaton Road, Beeston
Town or city Nottingham
Country England
Coordinates 52°55′47″N 1°13′03″W / 52.929628°N 1.217463°W / 52.929628; -1.217463
Completed 1892
Client Francis Wilkinson
Design and construction
Architect J Huckerby

The Anglo Scotian Mills is former lace factory in Beeston, Nottinghamshire. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]

History

The building was erected for Francis Wilkinson (1846-1897) in 1892. The architect was James Huckerby of The City, Beeston. On the death of Francis Wilkinson in 1897, the business was taken over by his older brother George Wilkinson until 1909 when the factory was sold to the owners of the nearby Swiss Mills. The new owners, the Pollard family, let lace machine standings and a cotton store to Parkes & Tomlin[2] and eventually Parkes purchased it in 1922.[3]

In 1960s the building was used for the manufacture of electrical components, until this business collapsed in 2003.[4]

Following the collapse of the business the buildings have been converted for residential use.

References

  1. Historic England. "Details from image database (429442)". Images of England. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  2. Pollard, E. Pollards of Beeston, 2006
  3. Nottingham Industrial Archaeology Society Journal. Vol 10, part 2, Mar 1985
  4. A History of Beeston Lace, Professor Stanley Chapman, University of Nottingham.
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