Ripaults Factory

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The former Ripaults Factory.

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

The 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]

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References

  1. RIPAULTS FACTORY. Historic England. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  2. "Southbury and Carterhatch - MAN depot, former Ripaults factory - TES photographs". Enfieldsociety.org.uk. 2007-12-02. Retrieved 2016-12-18.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2002). London: North - Bridget Cherry, Nikolaus Pevsner - Google Books. ISBN   0300096534 . Retrieved 2016-12-18.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. "Ripaults". Gracesguide.co.uk. 2016-11-24. Retrieved 2016-12-18.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  5. "Grade II listed building on Crown Road/Southbury Road" by Malcolm Sleath in Enfield Society News , No. 200, Winter 2015, p. 9.

Coordinates: 51°38′58″N0°03′12″W / 51.64948°N 0.0532°W / 51.64948; -0.0532