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Player Street, NOTTINGHAM, NG7 5NU

A view up Player Street showing the remains of Player’s original factory, No 1, designed by R C Sutton (1881-2), which was four storeys high and 387ft/119m by 38ft/12m. Until 1902 it was shared with lace manufacturers. After Player’s moved to a new factory at Dunkirk it became Player’s Court, housing various businesses (see Alan Murray-Rust’s Image]). Latterly it was part of The Student Lodge until being destroyed by fire on 30 March 2015. Only a quarter of the building was occupied as conversion work was still going on. Alan Murray-Rust’s Image] and Image] give an idea of the building before the fire. For an idea of Player's in its heyday, see http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/nottingham1906/nottingham16.htm .

For a comparable earlier view, with links to other images, see Image

Much of The Student Lodge, the former Player's No 1 Tobacco Factory, was destroyed by fire in March 2015. This eastern section has been saved and has reopened. The grey-surrounded windows to the right of the doorway were once a cart and lorry entrance, and the preserved notice to the right of it recalls those times. It reads Danger Low headroom Height 11'0"

The oldest part of the Players Castle Tobacco Factory has outlived its newer additions, the No.2 and 3 factories, demolished to make way for a retail park.

A view up Player Street showing the remains of Player’s original factory, No 1, designed by R C Sutton (1881-2), which was four storeys high and 387ft/119m by 38ft/12m. Until 1902 it was shared with lace manufacturers. After Player’s moved to a new factory at Dunkirk it became Player’s Court, housing various businesses (see Alan Murray-Rust’s Image]). Latterly it was part of The Student Lodge until being destroyed by fire on 30 March 2015. Only a quarter of the building was occupied as conversion work was still going on. The white weatherboarded building on the right, fronting Radford Boulevard, is the office block built 1965-7. Alan Murray-Rust’s Image] and Image] give an idea of the building before the fire. For an idea of Player's in its heyday, see http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/nottingham1906/nottingham16.htm .

The bridge links the two part of the former Players offices; on the right is the former No.1 Factory dating from the 1880s.

The former Player's cigarette factory was destroyed by fire in March 2015.

The former Player's No 1 Factory on Player Street was destroyed by fire on 30 March 2015. The adapted Victorian factory designed by R C Sutton (1881-2) was four storeys high and 387ft/119m by 38ft/12m. Until 1902 it was shared with lace manufacturers. After Player’s moved to a new factory it became Player’s Court, housing various businesses, before becoming student accommodation. Image] gives an idea of the devastation.

The former Player's No 1 Factory on Player Street was destroyed by fire on 30 March 2015. The adapted Victorian factory designed by R C Sutton (1881-2) was four storeys high and 387ft/119m by 38ft/12m. Until 1902 it was shared with lace manufacturers. After Player’s moved to a new factory it became Player’s Court, housing various businesses, before becoming student accommodation. Image] was taken from further down Norton Street shortly after the fire.

The block on the right, once part of John Player's No 1 Tobacco Factory, has reopened after much of the rest of the building was destroyed by fire in March 2015. For comparison, see Image], taken three weeks after the fire.