Country United Kingdom Town or city Brentford | Destroyed August 1980 | |
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Architecture firm Wallis, Gilbert and Partners Similar Hoover Building, Gillette Corner, India of Inchinnan, Wallis House, Carreras Cigarette Factory | ||
The Firestone Tyre Factory on the Great West Road in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow was an example of Art Deco architecture. It was designed by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners for the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. Built on a 26-acre site, it opened in October 1928. It was the first factory to open on the Great West Road.
Map of Firestone tyre factory, Brentford, UK
The company announced in November 1979 that it would close the factory.
After its purchase by Trafalgar House PLC, the building was demolished during the August 1980 bank holiday weekend, reportedly in anticipation of its becoming listed. The Twentieth Century Society call the structure their "first serious case" and say that its destruction
[...] focused public attention on the necessity for greater protection for 20th century buildings and led directly to the listing of 150 examples of inter-war architecture (including Battersea Power Station) by the government.
The gates, piers and railings fencing the site received a Grade II listing in 2001.