Monument record 7198/418 - Unique Boot Factory (Loake Bros Ltd), 81-97 Wood Street
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Summary
One of the early single storey shoe factories, built in 1894, Loake's shoe factory has a 2 storey frontage with Dutch gables. It is one of the few shoe factories still in production under the same family name, manufacturing men's high quality welted footwear
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Full Description
Loake Bros Shoe Factory, Wood Street
Loake Bros Ltd Shoe Factory dated 1894. Very elaborate frontage with series of north lights to the rear. Still in use as a shoe factory by the same company. Film 9, photo 17-20 Film 13, photo 11. (1)
{2} Factory completed in 1895 with a Crossley 'Otto' gas engine installed from new. One of the earliest factories in the county to be designed for single-storey working. Map evidence shows it was built more or less to ots present plan. Two-storey entrance front on Wood Street built in orange-red brick with a blue-brick plinth. Factory floor is contained in seven single-storey north-lit sheds.
<1> Ballinger J., 1999, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Industrial Period, (unchecked) (Digital archive). SNN4.
<2> ENGLISH HERITAGE, 2000, Northamptonshire Boot and Shoe Survey, Kettering site 6 (Catalogue). SNN105075.
<3> Bellamy B, 1993-4, Boot and Shoe factories in Kettering, P45 (Photographs). SNN111256.
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SNN4 Digital archive: Ballinger J.. 1999. Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Industrial Period. Mapinfo\Archive\ExtensiveSurvey\Rushden. Northants County Council. (unchecked).
- <2> SNN105075 Catalogue: ENGLISH HERITAGE. 2000. Northamptonshire Boot and Shoe Survey. English Heritage. Kettering site 6.
- <3> SNN111256 Photographs: Bellamy B. 1993-4. Boot and Shoe factories in Kettering. P45.
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Location
Grid reference | Centred SP 86939 79570 (68m by 80m) Central |
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Civil Parish | KETTERING, North Northamptonshire (formerly Kettering District) |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- NRHE HOB UID: 1310266
Record last edited
Jul 12 2023 1:52PM