Monument record 0844800000 - Rowan Engineering Works, off Desborough Avenue

Summary

Former furniture factory probably built in the 1920s for H W Garland & Sons, now used as an engineering works.

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Type and Period (2)

  • FURNITURE FACTORY (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
  • ENGINEERING WORKS (21st Century - 2000 AD to 2099 AD)

Description

Two-storey industrial building now used as an engineering works but formerly a furniture factory (OS map 1967 & 1975). Probably occupied by the firm of H W Garland & Sons in the 1920s ('The Cabinet Maker and Complete House Furnisher', 30 October 1926). Very large metal framed windows appear original. Probably built in the 1920s. Record and photographs (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC22231 Unpublished document: Marian Miller. 2004. High Wycombe: Furniture Town. PD23 - page 115.

Location

Grid reference SU 85745 93438 (point)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Feb 5 2010 1:04PM

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