Report - Baileys mill.. Ilkeston July 2020

[Mikeymutt]

The mill was built in 1885 as a textile mill. It was part of a complex of buildings associated with the Ball & Son Lace Factory. In its last year's it was operating as Norton plastics. The mill looks like it has been empty a few years now. Some parts had collapsed. It's fairly stripped out but was some nice interesting features still to see. I quite liked the lift cage doors still in situ. Literally a few days we went the building had a massive fire. I think it burnt it all out.

 

[KPUrban_]

Some nice features remaining there. Good shots.

 

[Mikeymutt]

Some nice features remaining there. Good shots.

Some nice features remaining there. Good shots.

Thank you mate. A few nice bits to keep me happy

 

[HughieD]

That's a fab little mill that @Mikeymutt Nicely captured.

 

[DeaKew]

Nice photos! Love the difference between the worn steps and the newish signage etc!

 

[albino-jay]

Nice shot mate. I got caught short here a while back whilst failing at that cinema. Luckily there was plenty of that dot matrix paper about hahaha angin.

 

[Calamity Jane]

Nice millage there. Its got that typical mill look. Some contrasting features there. Stone steps, wooden steps. Always like the exposed brick work in these mills. I wonder how much damage that fire has caused though. So much wood about. Makes me so angry these fires for no reason. New toilet for the collection too.

 

[Mikeymutt]

That's a fab little mill that @Mikeymutt Nicely captured.

Thank you very much mate

 

[Mikeymutt]

Nice shot mate. I got caught short here a while back whilst failing at that cinema. Luckily there was plenty of that dot matrix paper about hahaha angin.

Thank you mate. I thought I could still smell it

 

[Mikeymutt]

Nice millage there. Its got that typical mill look. Some contrasting features there. Stone steps, wooden steps. Always like the exposed brick work in these mills. I wonder how much damage that fire has caused though. So much wood about. Makes me so angry these fires for no reason. New toilet for the collection too.

Thank you. I think it was very badly damaged to the point it will prob be demolished. Ha ha you will be looking for toilet shots now

 

[Calamity Jane]

Thank you. I think it was very badly damaged to the point it will prob be demolished. Ha ha you will be looking for toilet shots now

Yep, I will expect to check out your loo s in your reports pmsl And I will make sure any explore I do, I will take a shot, just to include it :

 

[Mikeymutt]

Yep, I will expect to check out your loo s in your reports pmsl And I will make sure any explore I do, I will take a shot, just to include it :

Ha ha well I always try to fit them in. I hope you do take a shot of some now

 

[Calamity Jane]

Ha ha well I always try to fit them in. I hope you do take a shot of some now

oh I will lmao

 

[Zeldazog]

Thank you. I think it was very badly damaged to the point it will prob be demolished. Ha ha you will be looking for toilet shots now

The fire destroyed more of the roof and some of the trusses, but there was already a massive hole in that before the fire. The fire was restricted to the roof and top floor, it didn’t even touch the rest of the building. Thankfully, a neighbour saw the fire very early on and the fire bridge were on scene fairly quickly. We weren’t allowed into our studio until the following afternoon.

In the weeks running up to the fire, there had been an issue with young teenagers in every afternoon/evening, damaging the windows, sometimes putting them through when we were a work in one of the nearby buildings. Twice I came out to find glass on top of my car, and the nigh before the fire, a window pane was put through as I was in our door way, directly opposite.

Two years later, and not demolished, it’s listed, and hasn’t been deemed dangerous enough - bits are constantly failing off, we regularly find more glass, or lumps of concrte or brick in the alleway

Almost a exactly a year prior to the fire, there was a collapse off the Heanor Road end of the building, some rubble landing on the main road, but the majority, a massive pile of bricks, a lintel or two, fell down onto the raised area near the Heanor Road end of the building, just behind the wall.

The absent landlord (southern based) has no interest whatsoever in maintaining the beoyond the requirements to keep his insurance. We were not one little bit surprised that there was a fire, we’ve been predicting it for years. As it is a listed building, the only way to get permission to knock it down is if it becomes a danger…

Despite working in the building across the alleyway for the last 12 years, I’ve never been inside, so these photos are a fascinating insight for me, thank you