Hays Wharf
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Record Status - Reviewed Site Record
Site ID :- GTL00085
Key Words :- Riverside Wharf
Linked Sites :-Address :- Tooley Street, London, Greater London, SE1
Grid Reference :- TQ 331 803
Grid Co-ordinates :- Easting 533100 m, Northing 180300 m
Lat & Long (WGS84) :- 51.505966 , -0.083602
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Administrative Area :- Southwark London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Greater London Council
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II*
Site Condition :- Site in alternative industrial use
Historic England List No - 1385977, 1385450,
Site Era :-Post Medieval 1540-1750 to Modern Post 1950
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Contributor :- GLIAS Database - 2 June 2018
Contributors Society :- Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © GLIAS Database
Record Status :- Reviewed
Reviewed By :- Dan Hayton - 1 November 2019
Description and History
Group of tall brick warehouses on Thames Side with private dock (now covered over).
Business began 1651 by Alexander Hay. Expanded until it occupied most of riverfront from London Bridge to Tower Bridge.
Firm pioneered cold storage and imported New Zealand dairy produce from 1867.
Nos.47-49 are six-storey of 1860s, designed Snooke & Stock. Adjacent blocks dated 1856. Eastern Warehouses E, C & B are c. 1856-7 Western warehouses rebuilt after Tooley St fire of 1861. All are by Henry Stock (1824/5-1909) and William Snooke (d.1883).
Whole site drastically redeveloped but some features retained. To west, Company's headquarters occupied impressive 'Art Deco' block St Olaf's House (1931) designed H. S. Goodhardt-Rendel.
Further Reading and References
Harwood, Elain. 'Art Deco Britain: Buildings of the Interwar Years'. Batsford, 2019
http://www.glias.org.uk/news/326news.html#B
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Grid Reference :- TQ 331 803
Grid Co-ordinates :- Easting 533100 m, Northing 180300 m
Lat & Long (WGS84) :- 51.505966 , -0.083602
View Historic Mapping
Site Location :-
Viewing Site :-
Parish or Township :-
Administrative Area :- Southwark London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Greater London Council
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II*
Site Condition :- Site in alternative industrial use
Historic England List No - 1385977, 1385450,
Site Era :-Post Medieval 1540-1750 to Modern Post 1950
Site Dates :- -
Visit By :- -
Contributor :- GLIAS Database - 2 June 2018
Contributors Society :- Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © GLIAS Database
Record Status :- Reviewed
Reviewed By :- Dan Hayton - 1 November 2019
Business began 1651 by Alexander Hay. Expanded until it occupied most of riverfront from London Bridge to Tower Bridge.
Firm pioneered cold storage and imported New Zealand dairy produce from 1867.
Nos.47-49 are six-storey of 1860s, designed Snooke & Stock. Adjacent blocks dated 1856. Eastern Warehouses E, C & B are c. 1856-7 Western warehouses rebuilt after Tooley St fire of 1861. All are by Henry Stock (1824/5-1909) and William Snooke (d.1883).
Whole site drastically redeveloped but some features retained. To west, Company's headquarters occupied impressive 'Art Deco' block St Olaf's House (1931) designed H. S. Goodhardt-Rendel.
http://www.glias.org.uk/news/326news.html#B