Robin Hood Street: former factory
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Robin Hood Street: former factory
Image: © John Sutton Taken: 22 Aug 2015
Bancroft Buildings, a grand silk factory fronting Robin Hood Street and Roden Street, flats since 2003. It was built in 1869 for William Windley. Like many lace and cotton factories in the East Midlands it had many-windowed attic workshops where much of the finest work was done, in the most favourable light. The red clock face on the corner gable is a weather vane, marked with the points of the compass instead of numbers.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.956134
Longitude
-1.137644