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Springfield Mill, NOTTINGHAM, NG10 5QD

Looking north along Bridge Street, which ends just ahead. This lace mill was built in 1888 by T Hooley & Co, who also built Victoria Mills in Draycott (see Image ). Ernest Terah Hooley had a colourful life, including making several fortunes from his business and share dealings, being declared bankrupt three times and being convicted of fraud twice! When lace manufacturing ceased at Springfield Mill, it fell into a state of disrepair for many years. The Grade II listed building was converted into 105 luxury apartments by City Lofts Developments in 2006 at a cost of £15.8m. Not many were sold before it became a big casualty of the financial downturn and the company became bankrupt in 2008. Front view - Image Canal-side view - Image E T Hooley - http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/wiki/E._T._Hooley

Merryweather inverted vertical single cylinder rotative Scotch crank pump. Not long after I photographed it it was removed to Papplewick Pumping Station.

This Grade II-listed former mill was built in 1888 as a lace factory, it has now been converted into residential units. It is next to the Erewash Canal in Sandiacre.

This Grade II-listed former mill was built in 1888 as a lace factory, it has now been converted into residential units. It is next to the Erewash Canal in Sandiacre.

The central panel of the façade of this mill has been built with the reverse colours of the rest of the façade. Note the fine ornamental gable with clock. The building has been converted into loft apartments.

On the right is the former Springfield Mill, now converted to loft apartments

Virtually all the buildings have been retained and converted. Here the attractive chimney can be seen with the former boiler house at its base. Note the sympathetic handling of the hoist doors on the staircase towers where the central gap has been glazed without losing the appearance of a door.

Springfield Mill stands beside the Erewash Canal and the view from the water is dominated by its chimney. Built in 1888 for lace manufacture, it had a capacity of 160 lace machines. It was converted into apartments in 2005 but a serious fire in the roof of the building in April 2020 meant that extensive repairs have had to be carried out. See also Image

The Grade II-listed former Springfield Mill on Bridge Street. The mill was built in 1888 as a tenanted lace factory, for Terah Hooley a wealthy local industrialist, by the architect John Sheldon of Long Eaton and it now houses 105 residential units. Canal Street is on the left, opposite some newer housing units on the right of the picture.