Building 13, Bata Factory is a Grade II listed building in the Thurrock local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 December 1993. Industrial facility. 8 related planning applications.
Building 13, Bata Factory
- WRENN ID
- grey-rotunda-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Thurrock
- Constituency
- South Basildon and East Thurrock MP: James McMurdock (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 December 1993
- Type
- Industrial facility
- Address
- Building 13, Bata Factory, Princess Margaret Road, RM18 8RH
- OS grid reference
- TQ 679 783
- Coordinates
- 51.47872, 0.41737
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Building 13 of the Bata Factory is a factory constructed in 1933, designed by the Czechoslovakian architect Frantizek L. Gahura. It features a reinforced concrete frame with painted brick spandrels and metal framed windows, topped by a flat roof with a shallow projecting cornice. The building has a rectangular plan consisting of three bays by thirteen bays, with thin, full-height pilaster strips that define each bay. The left side has a central section of three bays that project forward, creating a circulation spine, with the centremost bay projecting even further and being fully glazed. There are utility sheds located on the roof above. An external fire stair, designed authentically, is located on the right side of the building. This factory is recognized as an exceptionally early and complete example of the International Style of architecture in Britain.
Local climate
Building 13, Bata Factory sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
- Related listed building consents — 8 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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