Building record 1933/0/32 - Industrial building, rear of 57 Wellingborough Road

A two-storey, four-bay building, probably built as a shoe factory circa 1890.

{1} Large red brick villa style house 'AD 1890' with industrial building to rear - large workshop or factory? Film 4, photo 5,6

{2} History:
1884 Not shown (OS 1:2500, XXXII.16)
1899 Factory (?) and No. 57 shown (OS 1:2500)
1970 ‘Coachbuilders’ (OS 1:2500, SP 90/91 71)
2000 Disused (?)

This building, consisting of two storeys and four bays, stands in a yard to the rear (south) of 57 Wellingborough Road and may have been a small shoe factory or workshop. The windows have blue brick sills and there is a stack on the north gable. The roof has been renewed with concrete tiles.

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

<2> ENGLISH HERITAGE, 2000, Northamptonshire Boot and Shoe Survey, Finedon site 7 (checked) (Catalogue). SNN105075.

<3> Historic England, Undated, Possible former shoe factory or workshop to the rear of 57 Wellingborough Road, Finedon, BF103862 (Archive). SNN115857.

Record last edited

Jan 12 2024 10:22AM