Nottingham bakery is hot property
A bakery designed by specialist food and drink sector architect Cox Freeman has been named as one of the top 50 buildings built in the East Midlands in the last 50 years.
Pork Farms’ Riverside Bakery was the only building entered from the 1980s in Nottinghamshire.
The property is one of only four from the decade in the region as a whole to make it onto the list compiled by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).
Built on a brownfield site on the north bank of the River Trent, the building was commissioned by Northern Foods as a factory for producing pork pies and pastries.
When it opened in 1982 it was regarded as one of the most modern in Europe in design, construction and its ability to comply with stringent EEC regulations for food processing.
Chris Boffin, managing director of Nottingham-based Cox Freeman, said: “It’s a tremendous accolade to be named on the list, and especially to be one of only a handful of buildings from the 1980s to be chosen.
"The building was inventive because of its clear span production floor and plant room located within the roof structure. This improved its flexibility and enabled routine maintenance to take place with minimal disruption to the production process.”
The Fifty Buildings, 50 Years project celebrated great modern architecture in the East Midlands over the past five decades, and marked the 50th anniversary of RIBA in the region.
