Wallis, Gilbert and Partners

Wallis, Gilbert and Partners

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 Douglas Wallis (1901-68) and J. W. MacGregor (d.1994). Their best known buildings are probably the Hoover Factory and the Firestone Tyre Factory, but they have an extensive portfolio of buildings in their trademark design style.

* Caribonum Factory, Leyton, London, 1918

* General Electrical Company Witton Works, Electric Avenue, Birmingham 1920

* 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
* 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 closure), Waltham Forest 1936



* Simmonds Aerocessories, later Beecham's Pharmaceuticals Factory, Great West Road, Brentford 1936-1942

He also designed numerous smaller coach stations at:-
*Amersham, Buckinghamshire
*Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
*Hertford, Hertfordshire
*Reigate, Surrey
*Windsor, Berkshire

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External references

Form & Fancy Factories & Factory Buildings by Wallis, Gilbert & Partners, 1916-1939 Joan S. Skinner Liverpool University Press; 1997 ISBN 0-85323-622-4 (paperback) or ISBN 0-85323-612-7 (hardback)

* [http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~garycr/2001/firestone_factory/ Firestone Factory]
* [http://www.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-000-127-173-C&searchdb=scran India Tyre Factory (picture)]
* [http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/images/conway/d9da244f.html Daimler Hire Garage (picture)]
* [http://edward.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/1157_art_deco/about/buildings/hoover.htm Hoover Building]
* http://www.artofthestate.co.uk/london_photos/Hoover_building.htm
* http://www.perivale.co.uk/hoover-building.htm
* [http://www.rogerblackdevelopments.com/rbd/alaska.htm Alaska factory]
* [http://www.hobotraveler.com/129londonbridge02_01_05.shtml Victoria Coach Station (pictures)]
* [http://www.wfcs.org.uk/HawkerSiddeleyOffice.htm ASEA Factory]
* [http://www.pbase.com/gripp/image/31349055 Coty Building, Great West Road]
* [http://www.pbase.com/gripp/image/31349056 Pyrene Building, Great West Road]

Simmonds Aerocessories:
* http://www.brentfordtw8.com/default.asp?section=info&page=ewallis7.htm
* http://www.brentfordtw8.com/default.asp?section=info&page=ewillis.htm
* http://www.brentfordtw8.com/default.asp?section=info&page=ewillis2.htm


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