Monument record 0848900000 - Riverside Centre, Victoria Street

Summary

Furniture factory/showroom and mixed-use commercial complex built in the 1970s on the site of a former furniture factory of John Hawkins & Co.

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Type and Period (2)

  • SHOWROOM (Modern - 1970 AD to 1980 AD)
  • FURNITURE FACTORY (Modern - 1970 AD to 1980 AD)

Description

Two-storey 1970s flat-roofed building on site of Riverside Works, the furniture factory of John Hawkins & Co which was destroyed by fire in 1971. Now Furniture Direct's factory showroom who make tailor-made sofas and chairs. Other non-furniture uses in building. Not known if manufacturing is still carried on in the building. Service access is from Cedar Terrace. Report and photographs (B1).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC22231 Unpublished document: Marian Miller. 2004. High Wycombe: Furniture Town. PD55 page 175.
  • <2>SBC22738 Digital archive: Marian Miller. 2006. Database of Furnture Factories in High Wycombe. PD55.

Location

Grid reference SU 85662 93453 (point)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jan 5 2015 7:35PM

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