Car factory By 1900 John Dennis and his brother Raymond ran a successful car and cycle manufacturing company in Guildford which lead them to set up workshops in the old barracks in Onslow Street. They rapidly outgrew the building and in 1901 built a new factory on a site on the corner of Bridge Street and Onslow Street. The factory consisted of three linked buildings of three stories plus a basement. They are steel framed with brown brick cladding and red brick detailing. Large windows and skylights provided plenty of natural light for the workers. and retained the name The Rodboro Buildings. In 2013 the pub was closed for a few weeks to undertake renovation, re-opening on 6 September 2013. The opening was attended by John Dennis, grandson of one of the founders, who arrived in a Dennis 8HP car built in the factory in 1902. Members of the Dennis Society arrived in two preserved Dennis buses. The pub utilises the lower, ground and part of the first floor, with the remainder of the first floor & second floor taken over by the
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