Boots Factory Site

Boots Factory Site
"Here is some of the most important 20th-century work in Britain"
TypeIndustrial site
LocationBeeston, Nottinghamshire, England
Coordinates52°55′27″N 1°11′32″W / 52.9241°N 1.1923°W / 52.9241; -1.1923
Built1926 onwards
ArchitectOwen Williams
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Architectural style(s)Modernist
OwnerBoots UK Limited
Listed Building – Grade I
Official nameBuilding D10 at Boots Factory Site
Designated28 January 1971
Reference no.1247927
Listed Building – Grade I
Official nameBuilding D6 at Boots Factory Site
Designated14 April 1987
Reference no.1278028
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameBoots D90 West Headquarters Building
Designated28 August 1996
Reference no.1268303
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameBuilding D34 (fire station) at Boots Factory Site
Designated14 April 1987
Reference no.1247933
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameBust of Sir Jesse Boot (Lord Trent) at entrance to boating lake
Designated30 November 1995
Reference no.1255192
Boots Factory Site is located in Nottinghamshire
Boots Factory Site
Location of Boots Factory Site in Nottinghamshire

The Boots Factory Site at Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England, is the location for the headquarters of Boots UK Limited. The site was developed from 1926 as the manufacturing, packing and distribution centre for the pharmaceutical company developed by Jesse Boot. The site contains a number of significant buildings, including "some of the most important" examples of 20th-century Modernist design in Britain. The most important are the two designed by Owen Williams; the D10, 'Wets' building, and the D6, 'Drys' building. Both are Grade I listed buildings, D10 being the largest Grade I listed structure in Britain. The headquarters office, D90, was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and is designated Grade II*.