Nearly opposite St Paul's church, a big 1930's model laundry; cf. the contemporary glass and concrete factories for Boots', Beeston and Viyella, Nottingham. (1)
The Daybrook Laundry Company was founded in the late nineteenth century by John Robinson who also founded the Home Brewery and was benefactor to St Paul's Church. (2)
Substantial visible remains of the Victorian red brick building. The 1930's structure is merely a refronting. (3)
Various alterations made in the 1930's by Baily & Eberlin for the Daybrook Laundry Company Ltd., including the 'new service depot' (gatehouse) of 1932 and 'alterations' (new façade) of 1936. (4) (5)

External Architect, --/03/1936, Daybrook Laundry: original façade. (Plan). SNT4535.

External Architect, --/10/1932, Daybrook Laundry: New Service Depot (Plan). SNT4532.

<1> Pevsner N, 1979, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire 2nd ed., p 59 (Monograph). SNT4.

<1> Gedling Borough Council, 1991, Gedling's Heritage, 11 (Published document). SNT1552.

<2> Gedling Borough Council, 1991, Gedling's Heritage, p 11 (Published document). SNT1552.

<3> White J, 2002, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT1529.

<4> Baily H and Eberlin, --/10/1932, New Service Depot (DC/A 4/12/1 no. 2136) (Plan). SNT1645.

<5> Baily H and Eberlin, --/03/1936, Alterations (DC/A 4/12/1 no. 2624) (Plan). SNT1654.