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Wallis, Gilbert and Partners

North Wembley HA9 7UR

Many of the earliest modernist buildings in Metro-Land, and indeed Britain, were functional buildings such as factories and stadiums. This factory building is a good example. More subdued than the firm’s designs on the Great West Road (see Hounslow here), the firm of Wallis, Gilbert and Partners built a four-storey factory for the American Wrigley’s chewing gum company in 1928. The interior was designed to be rearranged to allow for changes in production, with the ceilings supported by circular mushroom pillars. The building has now been converted into a commercial centre.