Avon Bridge House (Chippenham)

United Kingdom / England / Chippenham / Bath Road
 office building, Grade II Listed (UK)
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Warehouses and factory, now offices. c1873 and later rebuilding of an earlier cloth factory. Squared coursed limestone rubble with freestone dressings and slate roof. 2 blocks, both rectangular plan.
The site was acquired in 1873 by the National Anglo-Swiss Milk Company for their 1st factory in Britain.
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"Nestlé was formed in 1905 by the merger of the Anglo-Swiss Milk Company, established in 1866 by brothers George Page and Charles Page, and Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé, founded in 1866 by Henri Nestlé."
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Coordinates:   51°27'31"N   2°7'6"W
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