Monument record 0845400000 - Kitchener Works, Kitchener Road
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Planning Notification Area: Kitchener Works furniture factory (DBC9899)
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Type and Period (2)
- FURNITURE FACTORY (20th Century to Modern - 1900 AD to 1998 AD)
- (Former Type) MANAGERS HOUSE (19th Century to Modern - 1895 AD to 1910 AD)
Description
Group of buildings comprising the furniture factory of Stewart Linford at Kitchener Works. Detached brick and slate bay-fronted dwelling house built c.1900 and original three-storey red brick and slate factory aligned parallel to Kitchener Road, also c.1900. 1930s two-storey cabinet shop is end-on to road. 1990s brick-based and metal two-storey building is used as a workshop and showroom. Timber still stored in the yard. Yard partly covered over and contains a kiln and conversion shop. First known occupier was William Styles Ellis who set up business here in 1901. In 1922 Birch and Alpe started making furniture here. Later occupied by Tyzacks and, since 1983, by Stewart Linford. [Sources, report and photographs] (B1).
NGR to centre of site.
Sources (1)
- <1>SBC22231 Unpublished document: Marian Miller. 2004. High Wycombe: Furniture Town. PD30 - pages 126-128.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 85570 93111 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Mar 16 2017 10:23AM
