High quality office complex built for Bird’s Eye Foods in 1960-62 to the designs of Sir John Burnet, Tait & Partners (and sympathetically extended in 1967). The exterior is distinguished by its curtain walling, blue vitreous enamelled panels, aluminium hexagons and mullions ([[[5533564]]]). Grade II listed.
The site has been empty for about ten years. The hoardings have gone up since [[[2670330]]]. Developers Crest A2D want to demolish the buildings in order to build 375 homes. In a way, one can hardly blame them for trying it on – anything to avoid denting profits – but Elmbridge Council will make a mockery of the listing system if it nods it through.
TQ1065 : Walton Court, Walton-on-Thames (1)
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