Boulevard Works is a Grade II listed building in the Nottingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 October 2002. Factory. 2 related planning applications.
Boulevard Works
- WRENN ID
- outer-finial-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Nottingham
- Constituency
- Nottingham South MP: Lilian Greenwood (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 October 2002
- Type
- Factory
- Address
- Boulevard Works, Radford Boulevard, City of Nottingham, NG7 3BR
- OS grid reference
- SK 553 405
- Coordinates
- 52.95977, -1.17684
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Boulevard Works is a former tenement lace and lace curtain factory, built in 1883 for G H Perry & Sons, with an addition of 1896. Constructed of red brick with ashlar, moulded brick, and blue brick dressings, it features slate roofs and a mansard at the south end.
The 1883 range displays polychrome bands and moulded brick modillion eaves. Windows are cast iron glazing bar casements with moulded brick segment arched heads. The building is five storeys high, plus a basement and attic, and comprises 39 windows across three bays. It runs parallel to Radford Boulevard, situated between Hartley Road and Norwood Road. A rounded corner entrance bay includes a shaped gable containing a clock, reportedly formerly from Nottingham Guildhall, within a Renaissance Revival surround. The entrance itself is framed by a moulded segment arched ashlar doorcase with panelled double doors, a blind fanlight, and a keystone; single windows are positioned above on each floor. The Radford Boulevard frontage features a central projecting staircase tower with flat-headed mullioned windows and a shaped gable. A segment arched door is set within an ashlar plinth with cast iron area railing.
The 1896 addition exhibits similar ornamentation and incorporates a hipped roof at its south end. Its windows are taller cast iron glazing bar casements with flat heads to the basement and first floor. This section is two storeys high, plus a basement, and contains 33 windows. The Hartley Road front displays a painted ashlar doorcase with a round hood on brackets and a round arched doorway with columns. A central first-floor window, flanked by pilasters, sits under a shaped gable with a datestone. Two windows are positioned on either side, with a slightly recessed single bay to the left. The Forster Street elevation presents a central three-bay section with pilasters between the bays on the upper floors, and a coped gable with finials.
The interior of the 1883 range reflects a conventional constructional form, showcasing cast iron columns and wooden cross beams.
Local climate
Boulevard Works sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 52 transactions since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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