Now owned by Shaw Group - although currently in the throes of being sold off - this building was the offices of Aiton & Co. (Pipeworks). Norah Aiton, the daughter of the company proprietor, co-operated in the design of the building with Betty Scott. It was extraordinary enough that this building was designed by a team of women in the year that it was, (1931), but that it was also the first industrial building of the Modernist Movement to be built in the United Kingdom makes it all the more so. Although of Scottish origin, Norah Aiton manages a mention in the Maxwell Craven book, 'Derbeians Of Distinction'. There is a comprehensive feature on the building in the publication 'Industrial Architecture', published by The Twentieth Century Society. Details of the builders are to follow.

Current 'Derby Art Deco Audit' threat level: Would like to say 'Safe', but could probably better be described as 'Unknown'.

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