Basic Site Details
| Name: | De Haviland Factory |
| Town, district or village: | Hatfield |
| City or county: | Hertfordshire |
| Country: | England |
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Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Factory | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| c. 1938 | Competition win | ||
| 1979 | 1981 | Addition | Laboratory and offices |
People
Design and Construction
| The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | ||||||
| Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | |
| Charles Ernest Monro | A | c. 1938 | Won competition to secure job | ||
| Geoffrey James Monro | A | c. 1938 | Won competition to secure job | ||
| J M Monro & Son | A | c. 1938 | Won competition to secure job | ||
| John Forbes | A | c. 1938 | Won competition to secure job | ||
| John Steel | A | c. 1938 | As assistant with J M Monro & Son. | ||
| Alastair Anderson Taylor (or Alistair Anderson Taylor) | B | 1979 | 1981 | Laboratory and offices | |
| David Ralph Samson | B | 1979 | 1981 | Laboratory and offices | |
| Gillean ('Sam') Petrie Small | B | 1979 | 1981 | Laboratory and offices - executive architect | |
| Ian Cruickshank (or Cruikshank) | B | 1979 | 1981 | Laboratory and offices | |
| Ian Douglas Wilcockson | B | 1979 | 1981 | Laboratory and offices | |
| Monro & Partners | B | 1979 | 1981 | Laboratory and offices | |
| W W Carruthers | B | 1979 | 1981 | Laboratory and offices | |
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| British Aerospace | |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Gregory, Neil | 2003 | Monro and Partners: shopping in Scotland with Marks and Spencer | Architectural Heritage, Vol XIV, pp67-85 | p72 | |
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Courtesy of Sam Small | Information sent to Yvonne Hillyard | Sent June 2010 | |
| Glasgow City Archives | Monro & Partners Collection | MON 1930/4 Many drawings dating 1940s and 1950s. MON MSS1/2/4, MSS1/3/2-6 | |
| RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | John Steel: A no7568 (Combined Box 195) and F no5676 (Combined 94) | |