Site:   

Millsborough House

Ipsley Street

Grid Reference:    

SP 0448 6738

Description:

Former spring factory of Herbert Terry & Sons. 1912 probably by F.W.B. Yorke, and extended 1930-2 along the Millsborough Road, again by Yorke assisted by his son F.R.S. Yorke. Now divided into smaller commercial units and also used partly as a club. Brick with stone dressings and hipped roof behind parapet. Courtyard plan with main front facing north. 2 storeys with attic and basement and moulded sill string to ground-floor windows. 5 bays articulated by pilasters with entablature. Windows are mainly large multi-paned leaded casements. Paired sashes on the attic storey and arched windows to basement. Panels between windows of main storeys. Central entrance bay has shaped parapet inscribed �Established 1855�. Prominent porch with segmental canopy on paired columns with double doors and stained-glass fanlight and side lights. Good iron railings to front.

Extension adjoining to east of 3 bays and Art Deco in style with chevron detail. Vast warehouse addition along Millsborough Road also in Art Deco style. This is said to retain the shell of the former Baptist Chapel by John Wills of 1897-8 that was replaced by the new chapel and Sunday school in the Easemore Road (qv). (See Brooks\Pevsner, p.557)

Significance:

A free Classical composition with a remarkably bold Art Deco addition that exploits the elevated site and dominates the skyline. Although altered and in poor condition this building is a significant survival of an important local industry and it makes a considerable contribution to the character and identity of this part of the town centre. Together with Emmanuel Church (qv) and the Warwick Arms Hotel (qv) it forms a diverse and complementary group of buildings that anchors the somewhat desultory structures that survive in the immediate vicinity, helping to create a visual link between the town centre and the Smallwood district beyond.

History:

This building........