Former Framework Knitters' Workshop, Now Occupied by Alfred Cook (Machinists) Limited is a Grade II listed building in the Rushcliffe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 November 1986. Workshop, office. 2 related planning applications.

Former Framework Knitters' Workshop, Now Occupied by Alfred Cook (Machinists) Limited

WRENN ID
lapsed-bracket-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rushcliffe
Constituency
Rushcliffe MP: James Naish (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 November 1986
Type
Workshop, office
Address
Former Framework Knitters' Workshop, Now Occupied by Alfred Cook (Machinists) Limited, Parkyns Street, Ruddington, NG11 6ED
OS grid reference
SK 572 329
Coordinates
52.89112, -1.15014
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former framework knitters' workshop, now occupied by Alfred Cook (Machinists) Limited, is an early 19th-century building made of red brick with a slate roof. It is two storeys high and has four bays. To the left, there is a single-storey, two-bay lean-to with a hipped roof, featuring a doorway with a panelled door and an overlight. To the right of this doorway is a single sash window. Further to the right, a single flight of wooden steps leads to the first floor. Behind the steps, there is a single quadripartite fixed light, and to the right of that, a single sexpartite fixed light. Above these, there is a single sexpartite fixed light along with a doorway that has a plank door, and on the far right, there is a single eight-light fixed light. This building is included for its group value only.

Local climate

Former Framework Knitters' Workshop, Now Occupied by Alfred Cook (Machinists) Limited 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 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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