Building record 7203/38/1 - Former boot and shoe, 21-23 Crabb Street

Formerly Wrighton Shoe manufacturers. A shoe factory or warehouse that probably dates to the mid 1880s and is placed gable on to the north side of Crabb Street. It is constructed of orange brick with blue brick sills. It is blind on the east side, suggesting that it may have functioned with the adjoining house, No.21. The building consists of three storeys and has a south gable of three narrow bays. On the ground floor a modern shop front has been inserted, but the entrance to the left may be original. On the second floor two windows flank a tall central window, possibly a taking-in doorway originally. To the rear the building extends beyond the house.

{1} Long three storey, single bay building on Crabb Street. Formerly Wrighton Shoe manufacturers. Now 'The Craft Centre'.Film 12, photo 18.

<1> Ballinger J., 1999, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Industrial Period, (unchecked) (Digital archive). SNN4.

<2> ENGLISH HERITAGE, 2000, Northamptonshire Boot and Shoe Survey, Site 52 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN105075.

<3> Historic England, Undated, 21-23 Crabb Street, Rushden, BF103818 (Archive). SNN114145.

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Sep 29 2022 2:07PM