EPW038815 ENGLAND (1932). The Hoover Factory, Perivale, 1932

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Title [EPW038815] The Hoover Factory, Perivale, 1932
Reference EPW038815
Date June-1932
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Place name PERIVALE
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Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 516676, 182960
Longitude / Latitude -0.31766737035816, 51.532994721831
National Grid Reference TQ167830

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Built for The Hoover Company, the building originally housed Hoover's main UK manufacturing facility making vacuum cleaners, and employed up to 600 staff in the its offices and works. The original building (No. 1) was built in 1932 and contained the main offices; before it was completed plans were being put in place to add manufacturing facilities. As staff moved into their new offices foundations were being laid for a factory block to the east of the original building; this new block came to be known as Building No.3 and was complete and fully operational by February 1933. In January 1934 plans were drawn up for an additional two storey extension on top of the factory building and by May 1934 construction was well under way. Demand for Hoover vacuum cleaners continued to grow and in 1935 Wallis, Gilbert and Partners designed a new factory (Building No. 5) behind the original building. In 1938 a separate canteen and recreation centre (Building No. 7) was completed to the west of the original office.



John Betjeman described it as, "a sort of Art Deco Wentworth Woodhouse - with whizzing window curves derived from Erich Mendelsohn's work in Germany, and splashes of primary colour from the Aztec and Mayan fashions at the 1925 Paris Exhibition."[1]



With thanks to Wikipedia

Allen T
Thursday 16th of May 2013 01:17:41 PM