Minerva Needle Works, Alcester

Minerva Works, Allwoods Needle Factory, Station Road, Alcester

Warwickshire County Council

Description of this historic site

Minerva Needle Works, a factory where needles were manufactured during the Imperial period. It was situated in the area of Priory Road, Alcester.

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Notes about this historic site

1 Large factory c.1880 representing last phase of needle manufacture in the Alcester/Studley area. A building of three storeys, 20 by 5 bay, red brick structure. Has tall round headed cast iron framed windows, hipped roof and decorative ridge tiles.

For the sources of these notes, see the
Timetrail record
produced by the Historic Environment Record.

Locations

Alcester (619)

Subjects

Industrial Buildings including Mills (General) (399)

Time periods

Industrial Age - 1751-1913 (7522)

Alternative reference number

MWA1877

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Minerva Needle Works, Alcester

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