Stanley House
STANLEY HOUSE, 56, TALBOT STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1270427
- Date first listed:
- 28-Nov-1979
- List Entry Name:
- Stanley House
- Statutory Address:
- STANLEY HOUSE, 56, TALBOT STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1270427
- Date first listed:
- 28-Nov-1979
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 30-Nov-1995
- List Entry Name:
- Stanley House
- Statutory Address 1:
- STANLEY HOUSE, 56, TALBOT STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- STANLEY HOUSE, 56, TALBOT STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Nottingham (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 56846 40187
Details
NOTTINGHAM
SK5640SE TALBOT STREET 646-1/13/638 (North side) 28/11/79 No.56 Stanley House (Formerly Listed as: TALBOT STREET No.56 Lambert's Factory)
II
Former bleaching, dyeing and finishing works, now offices. 1863. For John and William Lambert, lace dressers. Factory ranges at the rear demolished 1979. Converted and restored 1991-93. Clock tower rebuilt following collapse. Red brick and ashlar, with yellow brick and ashlar dressings. Roof not visible. Renaissance Revival style. Ashlar basement, string courses, quoins, eaves cornice, coped parapet with pedestals and urns. Windows are mullioned and transomed casements, reglazed. 4 storeys plus basement; 5 bays. Balanced street front with projecting centre and end bays, crowned by large ornamental features. Basement has an off-centre round-arched door and 10 windows, unequally spaced. Central bays have regular fenestration, 4:3:4 windows. The centre bay is topped with 3 round-arched niches supported by consoles, under a cornice with urns. Right end bay has a round-arched carriage entrance, 2 storeys, with cast-iron gates. Above, single windows on each floor. Above the parapet, set at an oblique angle, a square clock tower, 2 storeys, with paired angle pilasters, cornices and pierced balustrade with corner pedestals. Clock faces on the lower stage, sash windows under round arches above. Left end bay has a basement door and window. Above, a triple window on each floor. Above the parapet, a belvedere, single storey, with round-arched arcades, 3 bays, on each side. Paired rusticated angle pilasters, entablature, pierced balustrade. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Nottinghamshire: London: 1979-: 241).
Listing NGR: SK5684640187
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 458890
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Williamson, E, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire, (1979), 241
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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