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Joseph Billings' London Printing Works
Key Words :- warehouse
Address :- Walnut Tree Close, Guildford, Surrey
Grid Ref :- SU 992 497
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.237867 , Long -0.580397
Local Authority :- Guildford Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Surrey
Site Status :- Site extant - No Protection
Description and History of Site:-
Several Victorian and later warehouses backing on to the River Wey, with a variety of interesting features.
Partly erected from 1856 onwards, on an old warehouse site, as Joseph Billings' London Printing Works and let as warehouses when the firm moved to its other premises in 1962.
Bishop's Move now occupy the book bindery. Until 1913 this was the bonded warehouse of the Friary Meux brewery, which occupied the site of the present Friary shopping centre.
One building, at least, was probably once used as a maltings.
The cottages to the north have no windows on the Wey side.
Further Reading and References:-
Payne, Gordon A. 'Surrey's Industrial Archaeology'. Phillimore & Co, 1977
Haselfoot, A J. 'The Batsford Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of South-East England'. Batsford, 1978
Crocker, Glenys. 'A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Surrey'. Association for Industrial Archaeology, 1990
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Grid Ref :- SU 992 497
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.237867 , Long -0.580397
Local Authority :- Guildford Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Surrey
Site Status :- Site extant - No Protection
Several Victorian and later warehouses backing on to the River Wey, with a variety of interesting features.
Partly erected from 1856 onwards, on an old warehouse site, as Joseph Billings' London Printing Works and let as warehouses when the firm moved to its other premises in 1962.
Bishop's Move now occupy the book bindery. Until 1913 this was the bonded warehouse of the Friary Meux brewery, which occupied the site of the present Friary shopping centre.
One building, at least, was probably once used as a maltings.
The cottages to the north have no windows on the Wey side.
Payne, Gordon A. 'Surrey's Industrial Archaeology'. Phillimore & Co, 1977
Haselfoot, A J. 'The Batsford Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of South-East England'. Batsford, 1978
Crocker, Glenys. 'A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Surrey'. Association for Industrial Archaeology, 1990
https://www.building.co.uk/news/morgan-sindall-refurb-wins-green-gong/5068431.article
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