Wallis, Gilbert and Partners

Wallis, Gilbert and Partners was a British architectural partnership responsible for the design of many Art Deco buildings in the UK in the 1920s and 1930s. It was established by Thomas Wallis (1873-1953) in 1914. Although the identity of Gilbert has not been established, later partners included Douglas Wallis (1901-68) and J. W. MacGregor (d.1994). Their best known buildings are probably the Hoover Factory and the Firestone Tyre Factory, but they have an extensive portfolio of buildings in their trademark design style.

• Caribonum Factory, Leyton, London, 1918

• General Electrical Company Witton Works, Electric Avenue, Birmingham 1920

The ^{Grade II} former office buildings of The General Electric Company in Electric Avenue, Aston, Birmingham, England. Designed by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners 1920-2. Now retained as a façade to a modern warehouse.

• The Solex Factory, Marylebone Road, London, 1925
• Wrigley's Factory, Wembley, London, 1926
• The Shannon Factory, Kingston, London, 1928

• Firestone Tyre Factory, Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex, 1928-1929 (Demolished 1980)

The remaining gates and exterior railings of the former Firestone complex on the Golden Mile portion of the Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex. Designed by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners.

• Pyrene Building, Great West Road, Brentford 1929-1930

The frontage of the Pyrene Building on the Golden Mile portion of the Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex. Designed by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners.

The central tower of the Pyrene Building on the Golden Mile portion of the Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex. Designed by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners.

The main entrance of the Pyrene Building on the Golden Mile portion of the Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex. Designed by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners.

• Tower and extension to the 'Alaska' factory, Bermondsey, London 1930s

'Alaska' factory, Bermondsey, London

• Albion Motor Car Company Ltd Works, Scotstoun, Glasgow 1930

• India Tyre Factory, Inchinnan 1930-1931

The frontage of the India of Inchinnan building, Inchinnan, Renfrewshire, Scotland, PA4 9LH. Designed by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners.

• Daimler Hire Garage, 9 Herbrand Street, London 1931
• British Bemberg Factory, Doncaster, Yorkshire, 1931

• Hoover Factory, Western Avenue, Perivale 1931-1938

The frontage of the Hoover Factory, Western Avenue, Perivale, Middlesex UB6 8DW. Designed by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners.

• Victoria Coach Station, London, 1931-1932

The frontage of Victoria Coach Station, London. Designed by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners.

• Coty Cosmetics Factory, Great West Road, Brentford 1932

The frontage of the Coty Cosmetics factory on the Golden Mile portion of the Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex. Designed by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners.

The North-West corner of the Coty Cosmetics factory on the Golden Mile portion of the Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex. Designed by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners.

• ASEA Factory (latterly the Hawker Siddeley Power Transformer Factory before closure), Waltham Forest 1936

• Simmonds Aerocessories, later Beecham's Pharmaceuticals Factory, Great West Road, Brentford 1936-1942

He also designed numerous smaller coach stations at:-

• Amersham, Buckinghamshire
• Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
• Hertford, Hertfordshire
• Reigate, Surrey
• Windsor, Berkshire

Source

• Curl, James Stevens [2006]. A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (Paperback), Second (in English), Oxford University Press, 880. ISBN 0-19-860678-8. 

External references

Form & Fancy Factories & Factory Buildings by Wallis, Gilbert & Partners, 1916-1939 Joan S. Skinner Liverpool University Press; 1997 ISBN 0-85323-622-4 (paperback) or ISBN 0-85323-612-7 (hardback)

• Firestone Factory
• India Tyre Factory (picture)
• Daimler Hire Garage (picture)
• Hoover Building
• http://www.artofthestate.co.uk/london_photos/Hoover_building.htm
• http://www.perivale.co.uk/hoover-building.htm
• Alaska factory
• Victoria Coach Station (pictures)
• ASEA Factory
• Coty Building, Great West Road
• Pyrene Building, Great West Road

Simmonds Aerocessories:

• http://www.brentfordtw8.com/default.asp?section=info&page=ewallis7.htm
• http://www.brentfordtw8.com/default.asp?section=info&page=ewillis.htm
• http://www.brentfordtw8.com/default.asp?section=info&page=ewillis2.htm