Lace And Shawl Factory, Printing Room, Waiting Room And Gateway At Anglo-Scotian Mills, Nottingham Saw And Tool Company, Semblec Limited, Tabula Frames

This lace and shawl factory, printing room, waiting room, and gateway were built in 1886, with additions in 1892 and 1893, designed by J. Huckerby for F. Wilkinson. The complex is constructed of brick with slate, asbestos felt, and concrete tile roofs, featuring ashlar and white brick dressings. Decorative elements include chamfered dentillated eaves and crenellated towers. White brick crosslets adorn the facade. The building has a generally irregular L-shaped plan, extending over single, two, and three storeys, encompassing 10 bays initially, with a later addition of 3 bays. Windows are primarily pointed wooden casements and iron casements with segmental heads.

The factory section, situated to the left, includes a stair enclosure with a single opening on each floor. A lean-to winding shop adjoins it, with a central door, flanked by single doors and two casements. Above this are two floors containing six casements each, alongside a single hoist door. A stepped central gable is topped with a cross finial and clock. The south gable and rear elevation display regular fenestration.

To the southwest lies the printing room, distinguished by a stepped gable with crosslets and two-storey lean-to wings. It incorporates two casements on the upper level and three casements above that, with the central one being the largest. The north side features four casements and a door on each floor.

The adjoining gateway is characterized by two octagonal piers with chamfered plinths, bands, crosslets, and parapets. These support a pair of ornate wrought iron gates. A single-storey, four-bay waiting room is located to the left of the gateway, with four pointed openings and a crenellated parapet.

The complex is referenced in “Machine made lace in Beeston” by S. A. Mason, published in the Nottingham Industrial Archaeology Society Journal, Volume 10, part 2, in March 1985.