Stanley House

NOTTINGHAM

SK5640SE TALBOT STREET 646-1/13/638 (North side) 28/11/79 No.56 Stanley House (Formerly Listed as: TALBOT STREET No.56 Lambert's Factory)

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Former bleaching, dyeing and finishing works, now offices. 1863. For John and William Lambert, lace dressers. Factory ranges at the rear demolished 1979. Converted and restored 1991-93. Clock tower rebuilt following collapse. Red brick and ashlar, with yellow brick and ashlar dressings. Roof not visible. Renaissance Revival style. Ashlar basement, string courses, quoins, eaves cornice, coped parapet with pedestals and urns. Windows are mullioned and transomed casements, reglazed. 4 storeys plus basement; 5 bays. Balanced street front with projecting centre and end bays, crowned by large ornamental features. Basement has an off-centre round-arched door and 10 windows, unequally spaced. Central bays have regular fenestration, 4:3:4 windows. The centre bay is topped with 3 round-arched niches supported by consoles, under a cornice with urns. Right end bay has a round-arched carriage entrance, 2 storeys, with cast-iron gates. Above, single windows on each floor. Above the parapet, set at an oblique angle, a square clock tower, 2 storeys, with paired angle pilasters, cornices and pierced balustrade with corner pedestals. Clock faces on the lower stage, sash windows under round arches above. Left end bay has a basement door and window. Above, a triple window on each floor. Above the parapet, a belvedere, single storey, with round-arched arcades, 3 bays, on each side. Paired rusticated angle pilasters, entablature, pierced balustrade. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Nottinghamshire: London: 1979-: 241).

Listing NGR: SK5684640187