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Moxley Foundry

A Grade II Listed Building in Wolverhampton, City of Wolverhampton

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.5792 / 52°34'45"N

Longitude: -2.1283 / 2°7'42"W

OS Eastings: 391399

OS Northings: 297936

OS Grid: SO913979

Mapcode National: GBR 1DM.7T

Mapcode Global: WHBFZ.8FRL

Plus Code: 9C4VHVHC+MM

Entry Name: Moxley Foundry

Listing Date: 31 March 1995

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1280482

English Heritage Legacy ID: 378407

ID on this website: 101280482

Location: Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV2

County: City of Wolverhampton

Electoral Ward/Division: Blakenhall

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Wolverhampton

Traditional County: Staffordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Midlands

Church of England Parish: Central Wolverhampton

Church of England Diocese: Lichfield

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Description



WOLVERHAMPTON

SO99NW FREDERICK STREET
895-1/5/222 (North side)
Moxley Foundry

II

Car factory for Star Motors, now foundry. c1905. Brick with
ashlar dressings, plastered front; slate roof. U-plan: 3
ranges round courtyard to rear, with C20 infill. 2 storeys;
17-window range with central gable and 3 windows at each end
in gable ends of return wings. Flat pilasters, cornice and
coped gables with finials, that to centre with pedimented
panel. Segmental-headed windows have C20 casements; central
1st floor window to each gable end is round-headed with
keystone; tripartite central 1st floor window with cornice to
central light. Large inserted entrance with sliding doors
replaces central ground floor window and 2 to left;
round-headed entrance to right with C20 glazed door has frieze
and pediment over. Left return 25-window range, windows
articulated in pairs by pilaster strips plus one to right end;
segmental-headed windows have small-paned iron frames. Right
return similar but 15-window range, higher to right end, with
alternate windows and pilaster strips. Yard filled with single
storey shed. Important as the 1st purpose-built car factory in
Wolverhampton, a centre of the early motor industry, but
following the standard courtyard design of C19 factory
buildings. The company became the 6th largest producer of cars
in the country; but was taken over by Guy Motors in 1928 and
cars were then no longer produced here.
(Collins P: Notes on buildings of interest in Wolverhampton:
1990-).


Listing NGR: SO9139997936

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