The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 67 SW NORTHFLEET HIGH STREET 1/116 The Factory Club
II
Built in 1878 to designs by Parr and Strong for Bevan's cement (Pyramid Brand) as a recreational hall and rooms for the workers (still used as such by Blue Circle).
It comprises brick-built basement, double height ground floor and attic with added classical decoration and slate roofs.
Recessed centre section containing 5 tall round-headed windows and tower-like end sections containing doors which are reached from the pavement by bridges across the area. The end sections have corners decorated with Corinthian pilasters and rise to French-Chateau-type steep pitched roofs containing dormer windows, topped by decorative coast-iron railings. The whole roof lies behind a tall, elaborately decorated parapet with a central coat of arms. Building retains skilful, relatively early examples of Portland cement decoration.
Listing NGR: TQ6473774278

There was a Second World War Civil Defence Reception Centre at the Factory Club, High Street, Northfleet. In this three-storey Victorian building, those made homeless by bombing were to be received and assisted. Details of the facilities provided are unknown, as are the commissioning and decommissioning dates. The building survives as a hire-hall and venue.
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey : The premises are not regularly accessible to visitors but are on occasions when the venue has been hired for a function.
Tourism Potential : Limited potential for pointing out in a defence heritage trail leaflet
Condition : good
Date of visit : 13/03/06

Northfleet History Group, 01/09/05, Untitled records of the Northfleet History Group (Verbal communication). SKE13730.

Smith, V.T.C., 13/03/06, Factory Club Second World War Reception Centre, High Street, Northfleet (Photograph). SKE13776.