The Herman Miller factory in 2011, now becoming the Bath School of Art and Design

Locksbrook is a light industrial and residential area in the west of Bath, England. It straddles the electoral wards of Newbridge and Kingsmead.

Locksbrook lies on the north bank of the River Avon and is, effectively, the area between the river and the former Mangotsfield and Bath railway line. Twerton footbridge (or Fielding's Bridge) crosses the Avon and connects the area with Twerton, replacing an old rope ferry in 1894.[1] Lock number 6, the highest of the Avon River Navigation, is also to be found there.[2]

Locksbrook is the location of Locksbrook Cemetery, the resting place of several notable people.

In 2016, Bath Spa University purchased the former Herman Miller factory in Locksbrook, a modern riverside listed building designed by Nicholas Grimshaw and Farrell & Grimshaw and built in 1976,[3][4] to become the new home of the Bath School of Art and Design. The building used a flexible movable panel design and won several awards, including the Financial Times Industrial Architecture Award for 1977 and the RIBA South West Award in 1978.[5] Detailed redevelopment plans are being drawn up in 2017 for it to become the new home of the Bath School of Art and Design.[6]

References

  1. ^ R. Angus Buchanan (1990). "Bridges of Bath" (PDF). Bridges of Bath. History of Bath Research Group. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  2. ^ Bath Preservation Trust
  3. ^ "The Bath Brief". Herman Miller. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  4. ^ Historic England. "The Herman Miller Factory (Grade II) (1415261)". National Heritage List for England.
  5. ^ Billings, Henrietta (22 August 2013). "Working with buildings - Herman Miller factory is listed". Twentieth Century Society. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  6. ^ Crawley, James (3 August 2017). "Bath Spa University eyes revamp of former Herman Miller site for new school of art and design". Bath Chronicle. Retrieved 6 August 2017.

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