Essex development inspired by Bauhaus movement

LOM's Bata Mews project in East Tilbury

Source: Simon Kennedy

LOM’s Bata Mews project in East Tilbury

LOM Architecture & Design has completed work on 50 new homes that have gone up at the site of a Bauhaus-influenced former shoe factory in Essex.

The two, three and four-bedroom homes have been developed for Hexa Homes for private sale.

The factory in East Tilbury was set up by Czech industrialist Tomáš Baťa and work began on the site in 1932 – the year of his death.

LOM's Bata Mews project in East Tilbury

Source: Simon Kennedy

LOM’s Bata Mews project in East Tilbury

The factory made shoes for more than 70 years but closed in 2005. The site, which includes four listed buildings, sparked a boom in housing in the town and at one stage more than 6,000 workers lived there.

Planning was by RAW Architecture and the landscape architect was Neil Tully Associates.

Bata shoe factory, East Tilbury, in 1937

The Bata shoe factory, East Tilbury, in 1937

 

 

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