The House of Jenyns

Around 1915,  Sarah and Ebenezer Jenyns formed the Jenyns Patent Corset Pty Co. In 1922 the firm (also called The House of Jenyns) was registered as a limited company. Sarah had been making corsets since eartly in the 20th century, patenting some of her  designs 1910-1912.

The company was bought out by the German company, Triumph at the end of the 1960s. The House of Jenyns (known locally as the bra factory) opened in Ipswich circa 1980.  By the late 1980s the factory employed 443 people and produced 45,000 garments a week. The factory closed in the 1990s.

Prior to becoming Jenyns factory this was the site of the Ipswich bowling alley.