The Gillette Factory on the Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex. Architect: Sir Banister Fletcher. Built/opened in 1936/7

Sir Banister Flight Fletcher (1866—1953) was an architect and architectural historian, as was his father, also named Banister Fletcher. Gillette may refer to: Gillette, Wyoming The Gillette Company, founded by King C. Gillette. ... The Golden Mile is the name given to a stretch of the Great West Road north of Brentford running west from the western boundary of Chiswick in London, United Kingdom. ... Brentford is a place in in the London Borough of Hounslow on the River Thames in west London. ... Middlesex as a traditional county before 1888. ... 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect, also known as a building designer, is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction, whose role is to guide decisions affecting those building aspects that are of aesthetic, cultural or social concern. ...

Co-authored with his father the first edition of 'A History of Architecture', [A History of Architecture on the Comparative Method. London: Athlone Press, University of London, 1896- [issued serially], first single-volume edition, London: B.T. Batsford and New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1897.] now in its twentieth edition (ISBN 0-7506-2267-9)

• "A thundering classic appears again with useful additions. As Sir Banister Fletcher said, 'The study of architecture opens up the enjoyment of buildings with an appreciation of their purpose, meaning, and charm.' These words aptly summarise what this book has become for generations of students and architects. No serious fan of architecture should be without it."
  American Institute of Architects.

• '..the whole point of Banister Fletcher is that it does cram everything into a single volume. It will remain one of the most thumbed tomes in Building Design's office library..above all, gloriously and frustratingly, invaluable.'
  Building Design, October 1996

He was architect for the Gillette factory on the Great West Road, in Brentford, UK The Golden Mile is the name given to a stretch of the Great West Road north of Brentford running west from the western boundary of Chiswick in London, United Kingdom. ... Brentford is a place in in the London Borough of Hounslow on the River Thames in west London. ...