Neville Lumb

Neville Lumb is a United Kingdom commercial sanitaryware supplier associated with the Saint-Gobain group. The business traces its origins to 1882, when George H. Cakebread and Arthur E. Robey established Cakebread Robey & Company. The original enterprise operated from Stoke Newington in north London and later moved, around 1914, to the Caroba Works in Wood Green. In its earlier history, Cakebread Robey & Company was known for supplying engraved and stained glass to public houses, hotels, and other buildings in England. Documented examples of sites connected with its decorative-glass work include The Queen's Hotel, now The Queens pub, in Crouch End; The Salisbury in Harringay; and St Andrew's Church in Chase Side, Southgate. This work placed the company within the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century commercial building-supply trade, serving hospitality and institutional premises as well as other architectural projects. Sanitary fittings were also an important part of the historical business. Over time, sanitaryware became its principal activity, and the Neville Lumb name is identified with the supply of commercial sanitaryware rather than with a consumer-facing retail product line. Its role is therefore primarily business-to-business: supplying products used in commercial, public, hospitality, and institutional washroom environments. The available reference material does not provide a detailed catalogue, specific product ranges, current leadership information, financial results, or a standalone corporate website. Neville Lumb is described as part of Saint-Gobain, the international building-materials group. The relationship places the brand within a wider construction-products portfolio, although the available sources do not establish the date or precise terms of Saint-Gobain's ownership. Publicly documented information is concentrated on the company's origins, its historic decorative-glass work, and the transition toward sanitary fittings as its core business. Further details about current facilities, distribution coverage, product specifications, and operational structure require verification from current company or Saint-Gobain sources.

Neville Lumb's documented history reaches back to 1882, when George H. Cakebread and Arthur E. Robey founded Cakebread Robey & Company. The enterprise was established in north London, initially operating from Stoke Newington. Its early business included the production or supply of engraved and stained glass for public houses, hotels, churches, and other buildings. This decorative-glass activity reflected the importance of architectural ornament and specialist building materials in Victorian and Edwardian commercial construction. Examples associated with the company's historic work include The Queen's Hotel in Crouch End, now known as The Queens pub; The Salisbury in Harringay; and St Andrew's Church in Chase Side, Southgate. These references indicate that the firm supplied specialist architectural materials to hospitality and religious buildings in and around London, while also participating in a broader trade serving public and commercial premises across England. By approximately 1914, the business had moved to the Caroba Works in Wood Green, in north London. Sanitary fittings formed an important part of the company's activities alongside its decorative-glass work. The business subsequently developed toward sanitaryware, which became its principal activity. The modern Neville Lumb identity is consequently associated mainly with the commercial sanitaryware sector rather than with the engraved and stained-glass work that characterized its earlier history. The company is described as being part of the Saint-Gobain group. Saint-Gobain is a large building-materials organization, and the association situates Neville Lumb within an industrial and construction-products portfolio. The supplied reference material does not specify when the Saint-Gobain relationship began, identify the precise legal entity through which the business operates, or provide detailed information about current management, manufacturing locations, product brands, or financial performance. Available historical evidence supports a broad account of continuity from an architectural-materials supplier founded in 1882 to a specialist commercial-sanitaryware supplier. It does not support a more detailed chronology of ownership changes, product launches, marketing campaigns, or corporate transactions. Those aspects remain subjects for further research using current Saint-Gobain materials, company records, trade directories, and official business documentation.

• 1914

  Move to Caroba Works

  [1]Neville Lumben.wikipedia.org

  Around this time, the business was based at Caroba Works in Wood Green, north London, having previously operated from Stoke Newington.

• 1882

  Cakebread Robey & Company founded

  [1]Neville Lumben.wikipedia.org

  George H. Cakebread and Arthur E. Robey established Cakebread Robey & Company, the business from which the Neville Lumb history is traced.

• Decorative-glass supply becomes established

  [1]Neville Lumben.wikipedia.org

  The early business supplied engraved and stained glass to public houses, hotels, churches, and other buildings in England, including several documented north London premises.

• Sanitaryware becomes the principal activity

  [1]Neville Lumben.wikipedia.org

  Sanitary fittings developed from an important part of the historical business into its principal area of activity, leading to the modern commercial-sanitaryware focus.

• Part of the Saint-Gobain group

  [1]Neville Lumben.wikipedia.org

  Neville Lumb is identified as a supplier of commercial sanitaryware within the Saint-Gobain group. The available reference does not state the date of this change in ownership or affiliation.

A business-to-business supplier focused on commercial sanitaryware and sanitary fittings, operating within the Saint-Gobain building-materials group.

• Commercial washroom equipment

  Commercial sanitaryware

  Neville Lumb's principal documented activity is the supply of sanitaryware for commercial environments. The available sources identify the sector but do not provide a verified current catalogue or detailed specifications for individual product ranges.

• Sanitary fittings

  Sanitary fittings

  Sanitary fittings were an important part of the predecessor business and later became its main field of activity. The reference material does not identify specific fitting models, brands, or launch dates.

• Architectural glass · 1882

  Engraved and stained glass

  The historical Cakebread Robey & Company supplied engraved and stained glass to public houses, hotels, churches, and other buildings in England. This is documented as an earlier activity rather than as a confirmed current Neville Lumb product line.

1. 1Neville Lumben.wikipedia.org
2. 2Cakebread Robey & Cogracesguide.co.uk
3. 3Cakebread Robey Co Ltd: Painted Signs and Mosaicspaintedsignsandmosaics.blogspot.co.uk