factory — John Street

The saved account records: Attached six-bay three-storey former factory, built c.1920, possibly incorporating earlier fabric, extended c.1925, having split-level one- and two-storey extension to east and lower three-bay three-storey extension to north.

The saved account records: Saw-tooth tiled and glazed roof, flat roofs to extensions.

The saved account records: Cast-iron rainwater goods, granite coping to parapet.

The saved account records: Rendered wall to front and rear (north) elevation, brown brick, laid in English garden wall bond, to west elevation, and laid in Flemish bond to east elevation.

factory — John Street matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This large industrial building retains much of its early twentieth-century design and character, with a saw-tooth roof allowing even northern light to the interior and adding characteristic industrial interest to the site. Its specialised design is indicative of its industrial function, with a range of finishes and later additions signifying the continued growth and development of the factory, and extra structures added to accommodate growing needs. It appears to have been built by Ferrier Pollock & Co, a wholesale textile firm, as a shirt factory, and extended before 1926, to designs by Edwin Bradbury. Some… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.