Factory complex. First shown as developed on the 1938 OS map as an 'artificial silk works' this factory complex was first developed by German company Bemberg in 1928-29 (Bayliss 1995, 55). The earliest buildings are by stylistically important industrial architects Wallis Gilbert and Partners who are more famous for the Hoover building in Perivale and Victoria Coach Station building in London (Skinner 1997,see esp. 233-5). The complex was constructed from infilled steel and reinforced concrete frames rendered in white cement in what has been termed a 'Germanic-Modern' style (ibid). Fronting the complex is a prestige 6 storey office block with clear rectilinear lines devoid of decoration. The 'British Bemberg' company was liquidated in 1953, with the complex bought by British Nylon Spinners and converted from Rayon to Nylon production. ICI and DuPont were later owners until closure of the factory was announced as part of a global manufacturing reorganisation by DuPont in 1996 (New York Times, 1996) Prior to the development of this complex, the area was agricultural. It consisted of thin strip fields consolidated over time from the furlongs of open fields. The fields are named as 'Red Cliff Closes' and 'Broom Closes'. Legibility of the former landscape is invisible. Present (2008) status of the original parts of this complex unknown. A prestige motor company has showrooms on land to the front of the original buildings.