Beeston, NG9 - Mill

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Beeston, NG9 - Mill

Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 23 Nov 2012

The former lace factory on Wollaton Road (the B6006) as the observer looks towards Station Road The Anglo-Scotian Mill was built by Frank Wilkinson in 1892 after the previous mill was destroyed by fire. Wilkinson made a fortune from the manufacture of lace curtains, in what has been described as “the largest net curtain factory in Europe”, by revolutionising marketing methods. Both the Gothic style frontage on Wollaton Road and this exotic entrance are well known locally. Lace production here was said to be at its peak just prior to World War I. Now however, this Grade II-listed building has been converted into a mixed commercial and residential complex.

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