991, Great West Road is a Grade II listed building in the Hounslow local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1994. A C20 Warehouse.
991, Great West Road
- WRENN ID
- spare-mantel-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hounslow
- Constituency
- Brentford and Isleworth MP: Ruth Cadbury (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1994
- Type
- Warehouse
- OS grid reference
- TQ 168 776
- Coordinates
- 51.48572, -0.31811
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 991 on Great West Road is a warehouse built between 1935 and 1936 by F E Simpkins for Curry's Ltd, serving as a distribution center for their chain of shops. The structure is made of reinforced concrete with some steel framing, particularly at the rear. It features a flat roof on the long office block at the front, while the 5-bay warehouse at the back has a jagged industrial profile with northern rooflights above a single storey.
The front section of the building has two to three storeys, highlighted by an impressive staircase tower at its center, arranged in a symmetrical composition of 3,6,1,6,3. The windows are all metal, emphasizing strong horizontal lines, with most being 4-light in a tripartite arrangement, alongside unique arched windows at the ends. The windows beside the central tower are curved, reflecting the moderne style.
Access to the building is via a flight of concrete steps leading to the first floor under the staircase tower, which features concrete balustrades with pylons topped with setbacks. The entrance has double doors framed by a stepped flat concrete surround and a flat canopy above. The central tower rises between corner pilasters, has a set back and toothed top, and retains remnants of a clock. The tripartite staircase window below contains 19 horizontal lights. This building is noted for being a remarkably complete example of the architectural style that the Great West Road is known for and has particular group value with its listed neighbors, the former Pyrene and Coty factories.
Local climate
991, Great West Road sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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