Moxley Foundry

Moxley Foundry is a former car factory for Star Motors, built around 1905. It is constructed of brick with ashlar dressings and has a plastered front, topped with a slate roof. The building is arranged in a U-shape with three ranges surrounding a courtyard at the rear, which has 20th-century infill. It stands two storeys high and features a 17-window range with a central gable and three windows at each end in the gable ends of the return wings. The façade includes flat pilasters, a cornice, and coped gables with finials, with the central gable featuring a pedimented panel. The segmental-headed windows have been fitted with 20th-century casements, while the central first-floor window in each gable end is round-headed with a keystone. There is a tripartite central first-floor window with a cornice over the central light. A large inserted entrance with sliding doors has replaced the central ground floor window and two to the left, while a round-headed entrance to the right features a 20th-century glazed door with a frieze and pediment above.

The left return has a 25-window range, with windows arranged in pairs by pilaster strips and one window at the right end; these segmental-headed windows have small-paned iron frames. The right return is similar but has a 15-window range that is higher at the right end, with alternate windows and pilaster strips. The yard is filled with a single-storey shed. This building is significant as the first purpose-built car factory in Wolverhampton, a key location in the early motor industry, following the standard courtyard design of 19th-century factory buildings. The company became the sixth largest car producer in the country but was taken over by Guy Motors in 1928, after which car production ceased at this site.