Ripaults Factory

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.

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 Group and in 2015 was taken over by builder's merchants Travis Perkins.[5]

References

  1. ↑ RIPAULTS FACTORY. Historic England. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  2. ↑ http://www.enfieldsociety.org.uk/photographs/displayimage.php?album=81&pid=1570
  3. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=rVHqBvtuLyMC&pg=PA453
  4. ↑ http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Ripaults
  5. ↑ "Grade II listed building on Crown Road/Southbury Road" by Malcolm Sleath in Enfield Society News, No. 200, Winter 2015, p. 9.
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