Monument record 0696400000 - Glenister's Furniture Factory, Temple Works, Temple End
Summary
Site of late nineteenth century furniture factory, demolished 1997
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Type and Period (1)
- (Former Type) FURNITURE FACTORY (19th Century to Modern - 1880 AD? to 1999 AD?)
Description
Thomas Glenister's furniture factory was moved to Temple End from a site in Oxford Road by 1883. Temple Works was still in production in 1990, but by 1996 was disused and the buildings were demolished in March 1997 prior to redevelopment (B1-2). OS maps mark the site as a farm in 1880 but as a factory in 1898. NGR to centre of works.
Sources (5)
- <1>SBC19132 Unpublished document: Cambridge Archaeological Unit. 2001. Excavation of a 16th-19th Century Farmhouse at Temple End, High Wycombe.
- <2>SBC19605 Bibliographic reference: Ivan G Sparkes. 1990. High Wycombe: A Pictorial History. captions to plates 104, 129.
- <3>SBC20227 Bibliographic reference: Ivan G Sparkes. 1987. Wycombe in Camera. page 40 (caption on page 41).
- <4>SBC20990 Article in serial: Gavin Lucas & Roderick Regan et al. 2003. 'The Changing Vernacular: archaeological excavations at Temple End, High Wycombe', in Post-Medieval Archaeology Vol 37/2 pp165-206. Vol 37/2.
- <5>SBC22231 Unpublished document: Marian Miller. 2004. High Wycombe: Furniture Town.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SU 86377 93563 (199m by 203m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
May 27 2003 11:59AM
