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| HER Number | MWB19878 |
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| Record Type | Building |
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| Name | Bayer House, Strawberry Hill, Newbury |
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Summary
Unlisted late 20th century office building, the headquarters of Bayer until 2017
Monument Type(s):
Full Description
The revised Pevsner Guide note that Bayer House was built in 1982-3 by Robin Moors, Allnutt & Partners as a series of three storey brick ranges around a courtyard <1>. This office in Newbury was the European headquarters of the pharmaceutical company Bayer from 1983 until 2017, when it relocated to Reading <2>.
Prior to the construction of Bayer House, this part of Newbury had been the site of the Albert Works, also called Elliotts. This locally important furniture and joinery company closed in 1974 and several proposals for redevelopment were put forward in the late 1970s. A planning application for an office development, including car parking, roads and landscaping was approved in 1981 <3>, with further detail of the Bayer headquarters building and its multi-storey carpark in a subsequent application <4>. The building was designed around a courtyard and an area planted with trees and described by Bayer as a rear 'piazza', had pedestrian access for the local community, via Albert Road.
In 2018 approval was given for the conversion of the office building to 191 residential units <5>.
Sources and further reading
| <01> | Tyack, G, Bradley, S and Pevsner, N. 2010. The Buildings of England (Berkshire). p404. [Monograph / SWB147855] |
| <02> | Newbury Weekly News. Newbury Today. https://www.newburytoday.co.uk/. https://www.newburytoday.co.uk/news/exclusive-bayer-to-leave-newbury-9175119/. [Digital archive / SWB149453]
https://www.newburytoday.co.uk/ () |
| <03> | Newbury District Council. 1974-2000. Newbury District Council Planning Applications 1974-2000. 80/14054/ADD. [Index / SWB148104] |
| <04> | Newbury District Council. 1974-2000. Newbury District Council Planning Applications 1974-2000. 81/14966/ADD. [Index / SWB148104] |
| <05> | West Berkshire Council. 2000-present. West Berkshire Planning Applications 2000 onwards. online. 18/01904/PACOU. [Unpublished document / SWB147564]
http://planning.westberks.gov.uk/rpp/index.asp?caseref= (initial string - planning application number to be added after this) |
Related Monuments
| MWB21984 | Site of the Albert Works, Albert Road, Newbury, later known as Elliott's (Monument) |
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