Bankside Power Station (Tate Modern)
Bankside – 1947 – Sir Giles Gilbert Scott This is our first post, but do expect all sorts of delicious doggified twentieth century acrchitectural treats to come! This photo is of me in 2006 on my first...
View ArticleFirestone Factory, Great West Road, Brentford
The Firestone tyre factory – Great West Road – London – 1928 - Wallis Gilbert & Partners Demolished in 1980, I believe on the day before a preservation order was due to come into effect (although...
View ArticleNatwest bank, Gillette Corner
Just a quickie today… Natwest Bank, Gillette Corner, Brentford – architect tbc (possibly Sir Banister Fletcher ?) – date tbc (possibly 1936?) – I’ll keep you posted once I’ve done some rrrresearch....
View ArticleGillette Factory, Brentford
Gillette Factory, Gillette Corner, Brentford - Sir Banister Fletcher – 1936 This is was the last factory on the Great West Road, “Golden Mile”, to be occupied by the original company it was built for....
View ArticlePyrene building, ‘Golden Mile’
Pyrene Building, Great West Road, Brentford – 1929-30 – Wallis, Gilbert and Partners Former fire extinguisher factory, opposite the Firestone Factory.
View ArticleGreat West Road –“The Golden Mile”
Me on the foot bridge between the old Firestone Factory and the Pyrene factory. Looking east along the ‘Golden Mile’ towards Chiswick, you can still see the former Curry’s factory, but many of the...
View ArticleCurry’s factory – 991 Great West Road
The Curry’s factory / 991 Great West Road – 1936 – F E Simkins Restored by Foster and Partners between 1997 and 2000 for J C Decaux.
View ArticleMinimax factory entrance, Faggs Road Feltham
Minimax Factory – Faggs Rd, Feltham – Architect unknown – date unknown. I love this doorway, which is all that remains of a factory on the corner of Faggs Road and Staines Road in Feltham, very close...
View ArticleWilliam Burnett Chemicals – Great West Road
William Burnett Chemicals, Great West Road, Isleworth – 1933 – Wallis, Gilbert and Partners
View ArticleThe former Packard works steps, Brentford
Packard works (Leonard Williams Ltd), Great West Road, Brentford - 1931 – Wallis, Gilbert and Partners This site is where they assembled and serviced the Canadian Packard cars. In March 1945 a V2...
View ArticleSt.Margarets factory, Twickenham
Factory (Thames Photographic) at St.Margarets roundabout, Chertsy Road (A316), Twickenham – date unknown – architect unknown I’m going to have to find out a lot more about this former factory in...
View ArticleBattersea Power Station
Battersea Power Station – Sir Giles Gilbert Scott – 1933 (completed 1957) (not a very good photo I’m afraid – I was very distracted by the bit of sausage I found just here – but the turbine hall is so...
View ArticleSimmonds Aerocessories
Simmonds Aerocessories, Great West Road, Brentford – Wallis, Gilbert & Partners – 1937 They used to manufacture parts and patent devices for military aircraft until 1947. In 1955 the building was...
View ArticleEMI factory, Hayes
EMI/HMV factories, Hayes – Wallis, Gilbert & Partners – 1930s Is this the HMV factory? These railings were far too high for me to get anywhere near into shot, so very sorry I don’t feature in this...
View ArticleHayes Cocoa (now Nestle)
Hayes Cocoa factory, now Nestle (since 1949) – Wallis, Gilbert & Partners & Truscon – 1932(?) Problem is they won’t let anyone, let alone a mutt like, anywhere on the premises without prior...
View ArticleMiscellaneous Nestles Avenue factory, Hayes
Factory, Nestle’s Ave, Hayes – architect unknown – date unknown
View ArticleAladdin factory, Greenford
Aladdin factory, Western Ave, Greenford – architect unknown – date unknown I’m afraid that since they closed down the B&Q superstore that used to trade in the factory building I can’t get close to...
View ArticleThe Hoover Building
Hoover factory, Western Ave, Perivale – Wallis, Gilbert & Partners – 1931-38 The best building in world ever – the Art Deco factory fan’s Mecca – no more words necessary. Enjoy…
View ArticleCoty factory, Great West Road
Coty perfume and cosmetics factory, Great West Road – Wallis, Gilbert & Partners – 1932 Opposite the former Firestone building, this factory was used for the manufacture of Coty soaps, lipsticks,...
View ArticleCarreras cigarette factory
Carreras Cigarette Factory (now Greater London House), Mornington Crescent, London -M.E and O.H Collins with A.G Porri – 1926-8 Back “on message”, this classic Deco factory is especially for those of...
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