When the site visit was undertaken, it was apparent that the rear Units 22-24, 25 and 28 had been demolished and the photographic survey of this building is supplemented by a previous visit in 2023 when a site visit was undertaken for a Heritage Impact Assessment. External works of making the brickwork good and cleaning was being undertaken on the west elevation where there was scaffolding in place. Internal works on the ground and first floor had also begun with the installation of new partitioning walls, and where necessary, these were removed to access historical features within the building. A large-scale block plan was created based on the existing architects' drawings. Floor plans and elevations show the form and location of any structural features of historic significance, such as blocked doorways, windows and fireplaces, masonry joints, ceiling beams and other changes in floor and ceiling levels, and any evidence for fixtures of significance. Digital photographic records (18 megapixel or higher digital formats) incorporate appropriately sized scales. Digital images are stored as high-quality TIFFs or RAW formats for archiving purposes. The photographic archive includes a general view and views of the buildings in its wider setting or landscape as well as the building's external appearance. A series of oblique views show all external elevations of the buildings, and give an overall impression of its size and shape. Where individual elevations include complex historical information, views were taken at right-angles to the plane of the elevation. A photograph of any dates or other inscriptions; any signage, makers' plates or graffiti which contribute to an understanding of the building and a transcription was made wherever characters are difficult to interpret will be taken. Photographs of the interior included the overall appearance of the principal rooms and circulation areas and any internal detail, structural or decorative, which is relevant to the building's design, development and use and any machinery or other plant, or evidence for its former existence. Also, any building contents which have a significant bearing on the building's history and any copies of maps, drawings, views and photographs, present in the building and illustrating its development or that of its site had photographs taken of them. The former lace mill and its ancillary buildings have likely undergone various stages of building, with the principal mill building being the earliest and is of late 19th Century in date. Externally the mill retains much of its original appearance, constructed of red brick with large, arched windows with iron frames. Lace mills typically were relatively long and narrow buildings with the multiple large windows to allow as much light as possible. While there has been some modernisation of gates, guttering and street lighting the mill appears largely unchanged from its late 19th century origin. Its construction style and materials are very much in keeping with the earlier 19th century development of Osmaston Road that has been retained on this side of the road between the railway bridge and Dexter Street. The mill is also typical of the style of late 1800s mill construction seen elsewhere in Derbyshire such as at Long Eaton. The mill was built at a time where Nottingham was a global hub for lace production with Derby and surrounding towns benefitting from the improvement in transport links with the Nottingham to Derby line opening in 1831 allowing supply of coal for the steam engines and tapping into a local workforce skilled in textile production. It is known to have been in operation as a lace mill between 1881-1928 at which point the Leavers machines had been moved out and the building sold.
Hazel Taylor (Mon,) studied this question.