page_title: Custard Factory
hierarchical_section_title: Custard Factory
caption_attribution_description: The Devonshire Works is a Victorian building which has been incorporated into the Custard Factory complex. It is to be redeveloped with more space for businesses. This is the façade viewed from Deritend.
context_page_description: The Custard Factory is an independent shopping destination and creative and digital business workspace location in Birmingham, England.
  Located on the site of what was the Bird's Custard factory in Digbeth, it is home to a variety of creative and digital businesses, independent shops and cafes and bars. They include hundreds of small and medium-sized businesses and some larger ones such as ASOS.com. The project was set up by Bennie Gray in 1992 and substantially expanded by his son Lucan Gray, who owned and ran the project until June 2017.
  From 1968 until May 1972 the premises was occupied by Hawkins Paper and Plastics Ltd. Later, the company moved the operation to its site in Leominster, Herefordshire, where the plastic film was made.
context_section_description: The Custard Factory is an independent shopping destination and creative and digital business workspace location in Birmingham, England (grid reference SP078864).
  Located on the site of what was the Bird's Custard factory in Digbeth, it is home to a variety of creative and digital businesses, independent shops and cafes and bars. They include hundreds of small and medium-sized businesses and some larger ones such as ASOS.com. The project was set up by Bennie Gray in 1992 and substantially expanded by his son Lucan Gray, who owned and ran the project until June 2017.
  From 1968 until May 1972 the premises was occupied by Hawkins Paper and Plastics Ltd. Later, the company moved the operation to its site in Leominster, Herefordshire, where the plastic film was made.
caption: Devonshire House
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