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The '''Firestone Tyre Factory''' was an [[Art Deco]] building on the [[Golden Mile (Brentford)|Great West Road]] in [[Brentford]] in the [[London Borough of Hounslow]]. It was designed by [[Wallis, Gilbert and Partners]] for the [[Firestone Tire and Rubber Company]].<ref name=listed/> Built on a 26 |
The '''Firestone Tyre Factory''' was an [[Art Deco]] building on the [[Golden Mile (Brentford)|Great West Road]] in [[Brentford]] in the [[London Borough of Hounslow]]. It was designed by [[Wallis, Gilbert and Partners]] for the [[Firestone Tire and Rubber Company]].<ref name=listed/> Built on a 26-acre site, it opened in October 1928<ref name=richmond>{{cite web|url=http://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/626950.0/ |title=25 years on – the end of Firestone (From Richmond and Twickenham Times) |publisher=Richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk |date=1 September 2005 |accessdate=17 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1928/10/17/archives/firestone-in-akron-addresses-londoners-tire-manufacturer-uses-radio.html |title=FIRESTONE, IN AKRON, ADDRESSES LONDONERS - Tire Manufacturer Uses Radio for Speech at Opening of New Factory. - Article |work=The New York Times |date=17 October 1928 |accessdate=17 October 2013}}</ref> and was the second factory to open on the Great West Road, following [[Hudson_Motor_Car_Company#United_Kingdom|Hudson-Essex Motors of Great Britain Limited]] which opened in 1927.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.uk/local-history/industries-and-crafts/the-great-west-road-then-now/|title=The Great West Road Then & Now {{!}} Brentford & Chiswick Local History Society|website=brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.uk|access-date=2019-08-05}}</ref><ref>A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3: Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell, Sunbury, Teddington, Heston and Isleworth, Twickenham, Cowley, Cranford, West Drayton, Greenford, Hanwell, Harefield and Harlington (1962), [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22279 Heston and Isleworth: Economic and social history], pages 114–119. Retrieved 17 October 2013.</ref> |
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==Demolition and controversy== |
==Demolition and controversy== |
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The company announced in November 1979 that it would close the factory.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/11/15/archives/company-news-firestone-plans-cuts-in-europe.html|title=Firestone Plans Cuts in Europe|date=15 November 1979|quote=The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Ltd, said today that it would discontinue operations at its Brentford, Middlesex, plant within the next three [...]|work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/162619407 |title=Los Angeles Times: Archives – Firestone to Cut European Output |publisher=Pqasb.pqarchiver.com |date=15 November 1979 |access-date=17 October 2013}}</ref> |
The company announced in November 1979 that it would close the factory.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/11/15/archives/company-news-firestone-plans-cuts-in-europe.html|title=Firestone Plans Cuts in Europe|date=15 November 1979|quote=The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Ltd, said today that it would discontinue operations at its Brentford, Middlesex, plant within the next three [...]|work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/162619407 |title=Los Angeles Times: Archives – Firestone to Cut European Output |publisher=Pqasb.pqarchiver.com |date=15 November 1979 |access-date=17 October 2013}}</ref> |
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After its purchase by [[Trafalgar House (company)|Trafalgar House]], the building was demolished during the August 1980 [[bank holiday]] weekend, reportedly in anticipation of its becoming [[listed building|listed]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Fiona MacCarthy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2004/nov/20/architecture |title=Grand designs | Art and design |work=The Guardian |date=20 November 2004 |accessdate=17 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/4254295/Erotic-gherkin-company-has-form.html|title='Erotic gherkin' company has 'form'|quote=Trafalgar House used to own the Firestone Building on Western Avenue. Two days before the building was to be listed, it flattened that, too. | location=London|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=25 August 2000}}</ref> The [[Twentieth Century Society]] call the structure their "first serious case" and say that its destruction<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.c20society.org.uk/about-us/ |title=About us – The Twentieth Century Society |publisher=C20society.org.uk |accessdate=17 October 2013}}</ref> "focused public attention on the necessity for greater protection for 20th century buildings and led directly to the listing of 150 examples of inter |
After its purchase by [[Trafalgar House (company)|Trafalgar House]], the building was demolished during the August 1980 [[bank holiday]] weekend, reportedly in anticipation of its becoming [[listed building|listed]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Fiona MacCarthy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2004/nov/20/architecture |title=Grand designs | Art and design |work=The Guardian |date=20 November 2004 |accessdate=17 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/4254295/Erotic-gherkin-company-has-form.html|title='Erotic gherkin' company has 'form'|quote=Trafalgar House used to own the Firestone Building on Western Avenue. Two days before the building was to be listed, it flattened that, too. | location=London|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=25 August 2000}}</ref> The [[Twentieth Century Society]] call the structure their "first serious case" and say that its destruction<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.c20society.org.uk/about-us/ |title=About us – The Twentieth Century Society |publisher=C20society.org.uk |accessdate=17 October 2013}}</ref> "focused public attention on the necessity for greater protection for 20th century buildings and led directly to the listing of 150 examples of inter-war architecture (including [[Battersea Power Station]]) by the government". |
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The gates, piers and railings fencing the site received a Grade II listing in 2001.<ref name=listed>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-488371-central-gates-gate-piers-and-railings-to |title=Central Gates, Gate Piers and Railings to the Former Firestone Factory – Hounslow – Greater London – England |publisher=British Listed Buildings |accessdate=17 October 2013|quote=Central gates, gate piers and railngs to the former Firestone Factory. 1928 by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners.}}</ref> |
The gates, piers and railings fencing the site received a Grade II listing in 2001.<ref name=listed>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-488371-central-gates-gate-piers-and-railings-to |title=Central Gates, Gate Piers and Railings to the Former Firestone Factory – Hounslow – Greater London – England |publisher=British Listed Buildings |accessdate=17 October 2013|quote=Central gates, gate piers and railngs to the former Firestone Factory. 1928 by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners.}}</ref> |
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