Wallis, Gilbert and Partners

Hoover Factory, Western Avenue, Perivale

Wallis, Gilbert and Partners was a British architectural partnership responsible for the design of many Art Deco buildings in the UK in the 1920s and 1930s. It was established by Thomas Wallis (1873–1953) in 1914. Although the identity of Gilbert has not been established, later partners included Frederick Button,^[1] Douglas Wallis (1901–1968), Agbolahan Adesegun (1935–2008) and J. W. MacGregor (d. 1994). Notable buildings include the Hoover Factory and the Firestone Tyre Factory.

Works

Former office buildings of The General Electric Company, Birmingham

Pyrene Building, Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex.

Victoria Coach Station, London

The Old Vinyl Factory, Hayes, 1907 (former EMI factory complex)
Caribonum Factory, Leyton, London, 1918.
General Electrical Company Witton Works, Electric Avenue, Birmingham 1920, Grade II listed.^[2]
The Solex Factory, Marylebone Road, London, 1925.
Wrigley's Factory, Wembley, London, 1926.
The Shannon Factory, Kingston, London, 1928.
Firestone Tyre Factory, Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex, 1928-1929 (Demolished 1980).
Pyrene Building, Great West Road, Brentford, 1929-1930
Tower and extension to the 'Alaska' factory, Bermondsey, London 1930s.
Albion Motor Car Company Ltd Works, Scotstoun, Glasgow 1930.
India Tyre Factory, Inchinnan 1930-1931.
Daimler Hire Garage, 9 Herbrand Street, London 1931.^[3]
British Bemberg Factory, Doncaster, Yorkshire, 1931.
Hoover Factory, Western Avenue, Perivale 1931-1938.
Victoria Coach Station, London, 1931-1932.
Coty Cosmetics Factory, Great West Road, Brentford, 1932.
ASEA Factory (latterly the Hawker Siddeley Power Transformer Factory before its closure in 2003),^[4] Waltham Forest, 1936.
Simmonds Aerocessories, later Beecham's Pharmaceuticals Factory, Great West Road, Brentford, 1936-1942.^[5]
Richard Klinger Factory, Sidcup, London, 1937.^[6]
Tilling-Stevens Factory, Maidstone, Kent, 1917.^[7]

The company also designed numerous smaller coach stations at:-

Amersham, Buckinghamshire
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Hertford, Hertfordshire
Peckham, London (demolished 1995).^[8]
Reigate, Surrey
Windsor, Berkshire

Notes

↑ Joan S. Skinner (1997). Form and Fancy: Factories and Factory Buildings by Wallis, Gilbert & Partners, 1916-1939. Liverpool University Press. pp. 17–19. ISBN 978-0-85323-612-2. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
↑ Historic England. "GEC Birmingham (410471)". Images of England.
↑ Daimler Hire Garage (Courtauld Institute of Art).
↑ http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/455124.former_hawker_siddeley_site_set_for_transformation/
↑ Wallis House (Art of the State).
↑ Richard Klinger Factory (English Heritage).
↑ Tilling-Stevens Factory (British Listed Buildings).
↑ Peckham Bus station (Alternative Future Peckham).

Bibliography and references

Curl, James Stevens (2006). A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (Paperback) (Second ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 880. ISBN 0-19-860678-8.
Skinner, Joan S. (1997). Form and fancy: factories and factory buildings by Wallis, Gilbert and Partner (Paperback) (First ed.). Liverpool University Press. ISBN 978-0-85323-622-1.

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