Monument record 0851900000 - Site of demolished Elliott's furniture factory, Shaftesbury Street

Site of the furniture factory of James Elliott & Son, now demolished and partly rebuilt at the Chiltern Open Air Museum (COAM). Site has been redeveloped by Wycombe District Council and now called Elliott House. COAM has extensive archive on the building with photographs of the demolition and rebuilding process. L-shaped factory, mostly of timber but some brick. Built in 1887, of two storeys with a slate roof. One part of it is used as a tea room (B1). It was an assembly shop for Windsor chairs. The lower stories are built of brick, while the upper storeys are timber-framed and clad with weatherboarding. The left hand wing housed the works office, pattern shop and drying kiln. The chair assmebly shop with a polishing shop on the first floor occupied another wing. The left-hand side of the factory now houses the remarkable Chesham Woodware Collection and the right-hand side is home to the Wood End Café (B2).