Description

SANDWELL MB FOUNDRY LANE (off)
SP 08 NW
Smethwick
9/77 Office Row, west of
30.3.87 east gate at
Soho Foundry

GV II

Row of seven houses, now offices. Early to mid-C19. Buff-coloured brick
with slate roof. Two storeys. All openings have segmental heads. At the
left is a taller block of three bays under a hipped roof. The paired door-
ways are in the central bay. The other five former houses are each of two
bays. The right hand bay of each has a blind recess on the first floor and
a doorway below. The doorway of the right hand house is now blocked. Chimneys
to each side of taller block, and to right of third and fourth houses. Soho
Foundry is on the site of the foundry established in 1796 by Boulton, Watt
and Sons for the manufacture of steam engine parts. These houses stood out-
side the gates of the original foundry. The left hand house is said to have
been occupied for a few years by William Murdock (1754 - 1839), the company's
chief engine erector and a pioneer of gas lighting. (Gale, W K V, Soho Foundry,
1946).

Listing NGR: SP0361988826

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26510879

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Recommended Books

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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)