Marble Hall, Derby
52°53′53.8″N 1°27′37.3″W / 52.898278°N 1.460361°W
The Marble Hall is an office block of the former
Description
The Marble Hall is a long structure, rectangular in plan, facing onto Nightingale Road, Osmaston, which runs north-east to south-west. It is a
The entrance structure has a flat roof. Elsewhere there are a series of 32 sloping roofs with rooflights on the north-east faces. Either side of the entrance structure two terracotta parapets carry signage reading "ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED". Windows are generally
At the third bay from the north-east end a single-storey
The interior has
History under Rolls-Royce
The Nightingale Road site was acquired by Rolls-Royce in March 1907. Works to erect assembly buildings, to Henry Royce's modular design, began later that year.[1] The site of the Marble Hall was deliberately left empty for future development.[3] The Marble Hall was designed by R. Weston and Son and built in 1912 as commercial offices for the factory and opened the following year.[2][1] Originally quite a plain structure, alterations were made to the designs of Arthur Eaton and Son in 1938, adding the decorative entrance and porte-cochère.[1] Owing to the Tuscan-style polished limestone columns in the 1938 entrance hall the site became known as the Marble Hall.[2]
The Nightingale Road factory was built to manufacture the
During the
Redevelopment
The Marble Hall was granted statutory protection by
The Marble Hall remains in Derby City Council ownership.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Commercial Block at the Rolls-Royce Main Works Site , Non Civil Parish - 1393116". Historic England. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Marble Hall – conserving Derby's industrial past". Woodhead Construction. 24 June 2021. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Marble Hall, Nightingale Road, Derby, Derbyshire: Archaeological Building Record (OASIS ID: waterman2-173739)". Archaeology Data Service. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ Ash, Joseph; Connolly, Joseph (24 July 2022). "Event to remember victims of most deadly WWII air raid on Derby". DerbyshireLive. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ a b c "Derby City Council to sell ex-Rolls-Royce site for housing development". BBC News. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ "Rolls-Royce's Marble Hall in Derby to be converted". BBC News. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ Hill, Donna (27 April 2018). "Little Angels Day Nursery celebrate first anniversary at Marble Hall with Afternoon Tea". Bdaily Business News. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ Johnson, Robin (18 June 2019). "Derby's Marble Hall achieves almost full occupancy". Business Live. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
External links
- Media related to Marble Hall, Derby at Wikimedia Commons