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"This particular property is one of the largest in the development and occupies a quiet corner with no through-route, resulting in enhanced privacy."
This excellent four-bedroom maisonette can be found in The Jam Factory, one of the most outstanding industrial conversions to be completed in London in recent years. Originally dating from 1902 when it was constructed as a factory for Sir William Hartley’s famous jam-making company, the building was converted in 2003 to a design by Simpson Haugh architects.
Jam Factory II
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History
Built between 1899 and 1901, by Sir William Pickles Hartley, the founder of Hartley’s, The Jam Factory signified the expansion of the Hartley’s brand from its origins in Lancashire to the country-wide market. It occupied the site of a former tannery in Bermondsey, known at the time as ‘London’s Larder’ for its food production and trade up to and along the river.
At the opening of the factory, William Hartley told reporters “Hartley’s makes only one quality – the best.” Within a few years Hartley’s was the country’s biggest jam producer and further blocks were added to the building in 1908 and 1913.
Production at the factory ended in 1962 and it became a distribution depot before closing in 1975. The building stood empty until 1999 when a new lease of life was breathed into it by Simpson Haugh Architects.
Work completed on the Jam Factory conversion in 2003. The existing buildings were sensitively adapted, preserving the heritage value while creating a combination of generous and flexible apartments, live/work units and spaces for leisure and commercial uses. The only significant contemporary intervention was the addition of lightweight glazed penthouses that are set-back from the existing façade.
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