Wapshott, E. and Bampton, J. (2018). FORMER BUTLER, TANNER and DENNIS PRINTWORKS, CAXTON ROAD, FROME, SOMERSET HISTORIC BUILDING RECORDING. South West Archaeology Ltd.. https://doi.org/10.5284/1051891. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 FORMER BUTLER, TANNER and DENNIS PRINTWORKS, CAXTON ROAD, FROME, SOMERSET HISTORIC BUILDING RECORDING
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Series:		 South West Archaeology Ltd. unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 South West Archaeology Ltd. was commissioned to undertake an historic building recording at the former Butler, Tanner and Dennis printworks, Caxton Road, Frome, Somerset. The former printworks at Caxton Road was built in the early 20th century as an expansion to an existing business at Selwood in Frome. The printworks at Caxton Road expanded through the 20th century, and was requisitioned by the Ministry of Aircraft Production during the Second World War, and continued to function as a printworks until 2014. Cartographic sources depict the development of the site from c.1930 onwards, having previously been shown as fields up to- and on 1903 mapping. The site comprises 15 buildings. It had an initial couple of phases from after 1907 to the mid 1930s in which the main factory, warehouses and a clubhouse were built; a wartime phase in which offices and air raid shelters (later forming a basement and cold store) were built and renovations were made to the site including a substantial rebuilding of some buildings and installation of concrete floors and better heating and lighting. These works were followed by numerous phases of piece-meal development, particularly in the 1960s, 1970s and 1990s, up until its closure in 2014. Few original fixtures and fittings survive across the site, although some Bakelite switches, iron stairs and fittings and several, although damaged, wooden floors survive. Piece-meal renovations and expansions have affected the survival of original fabrics and fittings, although some of the iron girders used in the construction of the factory predate the construction of the factory and may have been associated with planned- or earlier extensions at the company's other site in Frome.
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Author:		 E Wapshott
J Bampton
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Publisher:		 South West Archaeology Ltd.
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Somerset HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2018
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Site: Caxton Road Print Works
County: Somerset
District: Mendip
Parish: FROME
Country: England
Grid Reference: 378303, 147357 (Easting, Northing)
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20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) PRINTING WORKS (Monument Type England)
BUILDING SURVEY (Event)
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OASIS Id: southwes1-321143
OBIB: 180909
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Created Date:		 25 Apr 2019