Administration Block to the former GEC Witton Works (Birmingham)

 office building, 1922_construction, Grade II Listed (UK)

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Administrative offices, 1920-22 by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners for the General Electrical Company Ltd. Reinforced concrete frame, with rendered brick cladding and Portland stone entrance, flat roof hidden behind parapets.

Wallis, Gilbert and Partners, ie. Thomas Wallis, were the most noted designers of factory buildings in the inter-war period. This is the earliest building by the finn discovered in good condition, with an exceptional interior (notably the board room) of a quality found nowhere else in their work. The style of the building anticipates that of their famous Hoover Building of 1932-5, but in the quality of the detailing to the entrance and board room this is the more carefully wrought.

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