The Nabisco Shredded Wheat Factory is a Grade II listed building in the Welwyn Hatfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1981. Factory. 3 related planning applications.
The Nabisco Shredded Wheat Factory
- WRENN ID
- ragged-joist-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Constituency
- Welwyn Hatfield MP: Andrew Lewin (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1981
- Type
- Factory
- Address
- The Nabisco Shredded Wheat Factory, Bridge Road, AL8 6UN
- OS grid reference
- TL 241 129
- Coordinates
- 51.80165, -0.20091
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Nabisco Shredded Wheat Factory, built in 1925 and designed by architect Louis de Soissons, consists of two concrete ranges arranged at right angles with links between them. The southern range features a striking series of cylindrical concrete drums that extend 15 bays long, topped with a flat oversailing capping and railings that run along the entire top. Behind this range is a plain attic storey with 28 simple windows and plain capping above. One end elevation includes a three-bay projecting tower that rises slightly above the main roof level.
At the western end of the southern range, there is a two-bay wing with large windows; the southern bay has three storeys, while the northern bay has four storeys, both with flat roofs. Adjacent to this is a seven-bay, four-storey block characterized by large windows separated by narrow piers and small structural divisions between the storeys, giving it an almost entirely glass appearance. The roof is finished with flat oversailing capping.
Local climate
The Nabisco Shredded Wheat Factory sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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