The British Xylonite Company was established by English inventor Daniel Spill in 1877, in collaboration with American investor Levi Parsons Merriam.
[1] It established factories at Hackney Wick and Homerton, in East London, subsequently expanding to Brooklands Farm near Brantham in 1887 and Hale End, Walthamstow in 1897.
[3] Halex was based in Highams Park, Hale End, in North London and made finished goods (including table tennis balls).
The Brantham site had been sold in 1966 to British Industrial Plastics, a subsidiary of Turner & Newall, who were in turn acquired Storey Brothers of Lancaster in 1977.
[7] The house was damaged by a fire and remained unoccupied for many years, but received a Grade II listing in 1980.