William Burnett Chemicals, Great West Road, Isleworth – 1933 – Wallis, Gilbert and Partners
William Burnett Chemicals – Great West Road
Minimax 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 to Heathrow Airport and Hatton Cross. I just don’t know anything about it. If anyone has any info […]
Curry’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.
Great 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 other art deco factories have gone now. You can just see the top of the new(ish) Glaxo Smith Kline HQ.
Pyrene building, ‘Golden Mile’
Pyrene Building, Great West Road, Brentford – 1929-30 – Wallis, Gilbert and Partners Former fire extinguisher factory, opposite the Firestone Factory.
India of Inchinnan
India of Inchinnan, Renfrewshire – 1929 – Thomas Wallis of Wallis, Gilbert and Partners Built on the site of a former airship construction station, where they built the R34 airship, which made the first ever transatlantic air crossing in both directions in 1919. The new art deco factory site was opened in 1930 and India Tyre and […]
Luma light bulb factory
Luma Light Bulb Factory, Shieldhall, nr Glasgow – Cornelius Armour – 1938
Gillette 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. Built for Gillette, the razor manufacturer, the design of the building frontage is said to resemble a razor. Sadly, Gillette finally […]
Natwest 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. **Update: For now have a read of the 2nd comment below…**