Key Words :- soapworks

Address :- Ferry Lane, Brentford, London, Greater London, TW8 0AW
Grid Ref :- TQ 18069 77481
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.483967 , Long -0.301012
Local Authority :- Hounslow London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Middlesex
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No :- 1240734,

Description and History of Site :-
This building was originally built in c1720 as a home for the Rowe family, prosperous soap manufacturers, from 1806.

They traded as Thames Soap Works through the 18th and 19th centuries. Brentford was a centre for hard soap manufacturing, and it involved the use of a good deal of fat and lye, which had to be boiled; they had warehouses for the ingredients and soap boiling workshops with chimneys.

The water inlet here is traditionally called Soap House Creek.

Later the building was used by Peerless Pump Ltd who manufactured pumps, including fire fighting pumps for North Sea oil rigs in the 1970s.

Prior to Peerless it had been Varley Pumps.

Further Reading and References :-
https://brentfordhistory.com/2013/10/02/peerless-pumps/

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