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The '''Firestone Tyre Factory''' on the [[Golden Mile (Brentford)|Great West Road]] in [[Brentford]] in the [[London Borough of Hounslow]] was an example of [[Art Deco]] [[architecture]]. It was designed by [[Wallis, Gilbert and Partners]] for the [[Firestone Tire and Rubber Company]]. 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=2005-09-01 |accessdate=2013-10-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES. |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60C11FA395E1B728DDDAE0994D8415B888EF1D3 |title=FIRESTONE, IN AKRON, ADDRESSES LONDONERS - Tire Manufacturer Uses Radio for Speech at Opening of New Factory. - Article - NYTimes.com |publisher=Select.nytimes.com |date=1928-10-17 |accessdate=2013-10-17}}</ref>
The '''Firestone Tyre Factory''' on the [[Golden Mile (Brentford)|Great West Road]] in [[Brentford]] in the [[London Borough of Hounslow]] was an example of [[Art Deco]] [[architecture]]. It was designed by [[Wallis, Gilbert and Partners]] for the [[Firestone Tire and Rubber Company]]. 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=2005-09-01 |accessdate=2013-10-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES. |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60C11FA395E1B728DDDAE0994D8415B888EF1D3 |title=FIRESTONE, IN AKRON, ADDRESSES LONDONERS - Tire Manufacturer Uses Radio for Speech at Opening of New Factory. - Article - NYTimes.com |publisher=Select.nytimes.com |date=1928-10-17 |accessdate=2013-10-17}}</ref> It was the first factory to open on the Great West Road.<ref>Hanwell: Local government', 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=22344 pages 228-230]. Date accessed: 24 August 2008.</ref>


The company announced in November 1979 that it would close the factory.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60917FB3B5D11728DDDAC0994D9415B898BF1D3|title=Firestone Plans Cuts in Europe|date=1979-11-15|quote=The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Ltd, said today that it would discontinue operations at its Brentford, Middlesex, plant within the next three [...]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/doc/162619407.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Nov%2015,%201979&author=&pub=Los%20Angeles%20Times&edition=&startpage=&desc=Firestone%20to%20Cut%20European%20Output |title=Los Angeles Times: Archives - Firestone to Cut European Output |publisher=Pqasb.pqarchiver.com |date=1979-11-15 |accessdate=2013-10-17}}</ref>
The company announced in November 1979 that it would close the factory.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60917FB3B5D11728DDDAC0994D9415B898BF1D3|title=Firestone Plans Cuts in Europe|date=1979-11-15|quote=The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Ltd, said today that it would discontinue operations at its Brentford, Middlesex, plant within the next three [...]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/doc/162619407.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Nov%2015,%201979&author=&pub=Los%20Angeles%20Times&edition=&startpage=&desc=Firestone%20to%20Cut%20European%20Output |title=Los Angeles Times: Archives - Firestone to Cut European Output |publisher=Pqasb.pqarchiver.com |date=1979-11-15 |accessdate=2013-10-17}}</ref>

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Firestone Tyre Factory
1963 view of the factory
Firestone Tyre Factory is located in Greater London
Firestone Tyre Factory
Location within Greater London
General information
Town or cityBrentford
CountryUnited Kingdom
DestroyedAugust 1980
Design and construction
Architecture firmWallis, Gilbert and Partners

The Firestone Tyre Factory on the Great West Road in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow was an example of Art Deco architecture. It was designed by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners for the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. Built on a 26-acre site, it opened in October 1928.[1][2] It was the first factory to open on the Great West Road.[3]

The company announced in November 1979 that it would close the factory.[4][5]

After its purchase by Trafalgar House PLC, the building was demolished during the August 1980 bank holiday weekend, reportedly in anticipation of its becoming listed.[6][7] The Twentieth Century Society call the structure their "first serious case" and say that its destruction[8]

[...] focussed 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.

The gates, piers and railings fencing the site received a Grade II listing in 2001.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "25 years on - the end of Firestone (From Richmond and Twickenham Times)". Richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk. 2005-09-01. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  2. ^ Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES. (1928-10-17). "FIRESTONE, IN AKRON, ADDRESSES LONDONERS - Tire Manufacturer Uses Radio for Speech at Opening of New Factory. - Article - NYTimes.com". Select.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  3. ^ Hanwell: Local government', 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), pages 228-230. Date accessed: 24 August 2008.
  4. ^ "Firestone Plans Cuts in Europe". 1979-11-15. The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Ltd, said today that it would discontinue operations at its Brentford, Middlesex, plant within the next three [...]
  5. ^ "Los Angeles Times: Archives - Firestone to Cut European Output". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. 1979-11-15. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  6. ^ Fiona MacCarthy (2004-11-20). "Grand designs | Art and design". The Guardian. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  7. ^ "'Erotic gherkin' company has 'form'". Trafalgar House used to own the Firestone Building on Western Avenue. Two days before the building was to be listed, it flattened that, too.
  8. ^ "About us — The Twentieth Century Society". C20society.org.uk. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  9. ^ "Central Gates, Gate Piers and Railings to the Former Firestone Factory - Hounslow - Greater London - England". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2013-10-17. Central gates, gate piers and railngs to the former Firestone Factory. 1928 by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners.
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