Gloving in yeovil
C Young & co
Glove Manufacturers of Seaton Road
Young
& Co were glove
manufacturers
and in 1931 were
listed in
Kelly's
Directory as
being located in
Brunswick
Street.
At some time they re-located to this purpose-built, three storey factory set within residential properties in Seaton Road.
The factory, originally built as an Engineering works, was built in 1910 and its datestone, set high on the Seaton Road frontage, says “WA.S” (presumably the name of the builder) over “1910”. Indeed Seaton Road itself was only built between 1901 and 1912.
During the Second World War the building was commandeered as a sugar store, with a return to glove manufacturing in 1948.
The factory
closed in 1988
on the death of
Mr C Young and
was bought by
the council in
1991. Today
it is converted
to flats, opened
in 1994,
suitably named
“Glover’s Court”
and now has a
‘gloving’ style
weather vane
which was not on
the original
building.
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A photograph of the mid-1960s showing the glove factory when in use.
Courtesy of
Roger McElliott
Workers photographed just before the factory closed in 1988.
Photographed in 2013, the building has now been converted to flats called Glover's Court.
.... and seen from the other direction in 2013.
The factory building seen within its residential setting of Seaton Road - something that wouldn't be allowed today.
