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Monument record MDR5542 - Former cotton doubling factory, Town Street, Sandiacre

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  • None recorded

Full Description

In the yard to the north of Pear Tree House is the remains of an early 19th century cotton doubling factory. Originally this was a four storey building with a pitched tiled roof. The top two floors have been removed and a flat roof superimposed. It stands on the west bank of the Erewash Canal and is now in the occupation of a builder [1986]. (1) Now occupied by a craft warehouse firm [2005]. (2)

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Bibliographic reference: Fowkes, D. 1986. Derbyshire Industrial Archaeology - A Gazetteer of Sites. Part II - Borough of Erewash. p. 38.
  • <2> Bibliographic reference: Fowkes, D (ed.). 2005. Derbyshire Industrial Archaeology: Gazetteer of Sites, Part II, Borough of Erewash (second edition). p. 37.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SK 4798 3658 (37m by 46m) (Multiple Site Centre)
Civil Parish SANDIACRE, EREWASH, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 24 2016 10:44AM

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