Former Framework Knitters' Workshop and Attached Outbuildings, Now Part of Museum Complex, West Block is a Grade II listed building in the Rushcliffe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 November 1986. Workshop.
Former Framework Knitters' Workshop and Attached Outbuildings, Now Part of Museum Complex, West Block
- WRENN ID
- dusted-roof-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rushcliffe
- Constituency
- Rushcliffe MP: James Naish (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 November 1986
- Type
- Workshop
- Address
- Former Framework Knitters' Workshop and Attached Outbuildings, Now Part of Museum Complex, West Block, Chapel Street, Ruddington
- OS grid reference
- SK 571 329
- Coordinates
- 52.89096, -1.15179
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former framework knitters' workshop and attached outbuildings, now part of a museum complex, date from around 1840. This workshop replaced a smaller workshop built around 1829 and was restored around 1970. The workshop is constructed of red brick with a slate roof and features a single red brick stack at the rear. It has two storeys and two bays. The entrance has a plank door set under a segmental arch. To the right, there is a single nine-light glazing bar casement, and above it, a similar fifteen-light casement. The right gable wall includes a doorway with a plank door and a single glazing bar casement to the right, both under segmental arches. Above this is a single 20th-century glazing bar casement.
Attached to the rear left is a single-storey outbuilding made of red brick and pantiles, which has two bays. There is a similar projecting four-bay range attached to another workshop, which is listed separately. The outbuildings feature two doorways with stable doors. The projecting range includes a doorway with a plank door leading to a cesspit, an entrance to two privies and two urinals, and another doorway with a plank door. The single bay on the far left is slightly set back and has a similar doorway and door. The property was purchased in the 19th century by William Parker, a hosier.
Local climate
Former Framework Knitters' Workshop and Attached Outbuildings, Now Part of Museum Complex, West Block 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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