Some history:
Greencore is considered one of the leading food manufacturers in the UK, producing ready meals, pre-made sandwiches, frozen and jarred produce and even sushi.
Partnering with Marks and Spencer, the Evercreech factory was built and opened in Jan 2013 primarily to produce chilled deserts. The site was then considered state-of-the-art.
The site utilised several buildings that remained from previous industrial and agricultural industries.
Original site buildings include an old dairy farm that then became a dedicated dairy that specialised in milk and milk powders (Batts farm, then C&G prideaux ltd).
Other original buildings include a silk throwing Mill. Apparently called "Kemps Mill", however it would not be hard to assume it could have been part of the mill on the opposite side of the road previously "Wards Mill" which has now been re-purposed as housing. The Mill being built around 1806 and extended between 1860-80. (was unable to find pictures of the mill before).
The Past few years saw Greencore pull out of the chilled deserts business, the loss of 3/400 jobs and the site to be stripped of assets. The sight now sits with an un-easy future. Plans of demolition have been submitted, but locals are concerned that if demolition goes ahead some of the oldest buildings in the village will be lost, and have requested new plans to be considered.
The explore:
Luckily i visited with a colleague who used to work at the site, he was able to give me essentially a "guided tour", which i was very great-full for after discovering how much of a maze the site was.
The site included many different buildings, fridges, freezers, high and low care areas. But what got me the most, was where equipment had been removed, it looked like they'd just dragged them straight through the walls.
I took a ridiculous amount of pictures, some are good, some not so good, but i'll put that down to getting used to a new camera i bought that day
It wasn't until writing this up and selecting what images to use, i noticed that the first and last images are of the same building with possibly 100 years between them.
Anyhow i won't spam with any more pictures, hope you enjoy.
First report done.
Greencore is considered one of the leading food manufacturers in the UK, producing ready meals, pre-made sandwiches, frozen and jarred produce and even sushi.
Partnering with Marks and Spencer, the Evercreech factory was built and opened in Jan 2013 primarily to produce chilled deserts. The site was then considered state-of-the-art.
The site utilised several buildings that remained from previous industrial and agricultural industries.
Original site buildings include an old dairy farm that then became a dedicated dairy that specialised in milk and milk powders (Batts farm, then C&G prideaux ltd).
Other original buildings include a silk throwing Mill. Apparently called "Kemps Mill", however it would not be hard to assume it could have been part of the mill on the opposite side of the road previously "Wards Mill" which has now been re-purposed as housing. The Mill being built around 1806 and extended between 1860-80. (was unable to find pictures of the mill before).
The Past few years saw Greencore pull out of the chilled deserts business, the loss of 3/400 jobs and the site to be stripped of assets. The sight now sits with an un-easy future. Plans of demolition have been submitted, but locals are concerned that if demolition goes ahead some of the oldest buildings in the village will be lost, and have requested new plans to be considered.
The explore:
Luckily i visited with a colleague who used to work at the site, he was able to give me essentially a "guided tour", which i was very great-full for after discovering how much of a maze the site was.
The site included many different buildings, fridges, freezers, high and low care areas. But what got me the most, was where equipment had been removed, it looked like they'd just dragged them straight through the walls.
I took a ridiculous amount of pictures, some are good, some not so good, but i'll put that down to getting used to a new camera i bought that day
It wasn't until writing this up and selecting what images to use, i noticed that the first and last images are of the same building with possibly 100 years between them.
Anyhow i won't spam with any more pictures, hope you enjoy.
First report done.
