Working for Barratt London, dMFK Architects has complete design and delivery responsibility for the 400-home ‘heritage cluster’ within the wider Former Nestlé Factory masterplan in Hayes. 

The first phase of the original Nestlé Factory - The Sandow Building - was constructed in 1914, followed by the Truscon Building in 1919; an early, brutish example of the work of Wallis Gilbert & Partners with vast 150m x 150m facades. A prominent local landmark, the factory was originally designed to house industrial structures for coffee and chocolate production whilst providing natural daylight, gardens and leisure amenities for workers.

dMFK was appointed by Barratt London to design and deliver the ‘heritage cluster’ at the Former Nestlé Factory, which forms part of a wider 1,400-home masterplan developed in collaboration with Makower Architects, Hawkins Brown and Chapman Taylor. The heritage cluster comprises six buildings in total, four of which have been delivered.

Our repurposing of the original factory building, Truscon House, honours the site's industrial heritage. Retained and meticulously restored, Wallis Gilbert’s Art Deco entrance tower and façade now house a residents’ gym and a museum illustrating the site’s fascinating past.

The Sandow Building, now known as Maya House, had faced successive historic interventions that diluted its character, leaving less than four partially intact bays remaining. dMFK has rebuilt the original façade in facsimile and introduced a neighbouring 11-storey building to complete the masterplan’s composite of four tall buildings.  

The two consented unbuilt blocks will accommodate a new much-needed 2,000 sqm healthcare facility, 500 sqm nursery and 41 apartments, completing an ensemble around the rebuilt Wallis Gardens – a 100m² park at the masterplan’s heart, offering public green space, play areas, and industrial heritage-inspired art.