The Ripaults Factory is a grade II listed[1] art deco factory building in Southbury Road, in the London Borough of Enfield.
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History
editThe factory was constructed around 1930 or 1936 to a design by A.H. Durnford for the Ripaults firm who made automotive electrical cables and components.[2][3] The firm were still located there in 1973.[4] The building was later used by truck makers MAN and in 2015 was taken over by builder's merchants Travis Perkins.[5]
References
edit- ^ RIPAULTS FACTORY. Historic England. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ^ "Southbury and Carterhatch - MAN depot, former Ripaults factory - TES photographs". Enfieldsociety.org.uk. 2 December 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2002). London: North - Bridget Cherry, Nikolaus Pevsner - Google Books. ISBN 0300096534. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ "Ripaults". Gracesguide.co.uk. 24 November 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ "Grade II listed building on Crown Road/Southbury Road" by Malcolm Sleath in Enfield Society News, No. 200, Winter 2015, p. 9.
External links
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