Survey Data
Reg No
20507198
Rating
National
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social, Technical
Original Use
Factory
In Use As
Building misc
Date
1910 - 1930
Coordinates
169091, 72010
Date Recorded
12/09/2001
Date Updated
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Description
Detached industrial building, built c. 1919. Roofs and varying pitches, some partially glazed. Concrete piers with later profiled metal cladding; river front partially glazed. Steel glazing to river front with large access door having roller shutter; various metal casements and doors to side. To the interior, exposed iron roof trusses, iron columns, metal gantries. Now in multiple use as part of Marina Commercial Park, but formerly part of Henry Ford & Son Motor Works. River frontage.
Appraisal
Large industrial building which retains much of its early twentieth-century industrial design character, despite later alterations. Particularly significant as part of former Henry Ford & Son Motor Works. Probably designed by the American architect Albert Kahn who acted as the main industrial architect for the Ford Motor Company.