St Nicholas Works, Cowper Road, Dereham, Norfolk
This building was an agricultural engineering works. It was built in 1846 for J. W. Gidney and Son. Jeremiah William Gidney's firm was founded in the 18th century. It made wire fencing and farm implements. His son, W. T. Gidney, by 1864 was using the building as an iron and brass foundry. He was a whitesmith as well as a coal merchant. In the late 19th century the business passed to John Roots. He already had a large works at South Green, where he operated a steam threshing machine and made agricultural implements. In 1910 he built a roller skating rink in a corner of the yard of the St. Nicholas works. In 1919 the premises were rented to Balding Bros. who eventually bought it in 1934 and continued to use it as an agricultural engineering works.
