Monument record 1160/471/2 - Site of the Bassett-Lowke factory, Kingswell Street

The factory building burnt down in 2003 and was demolished days later. No recording was possible.

{1} The charred remains of the Kingswell Street factory building once housed a thriving model making empire famed around the country at the turn of the 1900's. As well as railways the Bassett-Lowke factory supplied model steam engines, live steam locomotives and a range of model boats, scale ships and construction sets until 1965. The factory was set alight by arsonists on 11/06/03 and demolished a few days later.

<1> Chronicle & Echo, 2003, Gutted: More than fifty firefighters tackle major town centre blaze, (checked) (Article). SNN103246.

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Apr 16 2026 3:44PM