Building record 1624/16/1 - George Street Works

This site is a single storey boot and shoe factory consisting of five ranges of sheds aligned north-east to south-west. The original north lit sheds have been re-roofed with symmetrical gables and asbestos covering. The factory was constructed during 1910.

{1} George Street. The George Street Works boot and shoe factory still in existence, comprises a number of brick sheds with no architectural detailing.

{2} History:
1899 OS map: site not yet developed
1916 Perkins and Bird, boot and shoe mfrs., SLN, includes picture of works
1924 Shown on OS 1:2500, XL.1
1922 Perkins and Bird, George St. (KLT)
1937 Perkins and Bird (KLT)
1963-4 Shown on OS 1:2500 as a much enlarged site
1967 Satoris Products Ltd (ISE)
2000 Industrial premises

This is a single-storey factory consisting of five ranges of sheds aligned southwest-northeast. The southwest elevation, which presents a series of gables, is constructed with facing bricks and has a chamfered blue brick plinth. The present roof is shallow-pitched and covered with corrugated asbestos. The factory was probably the premises of 'Perkins and Bird, Wholesale and Export Boot and Shoe Manufacturers', established in 1910. The 1916 illustration shows the factory as being north-lit and it seems likely that the current arrangement represents a re-roofing of the original factory building. The buildings to the northeast are later, and do not appear to be boot-and-shoe related.

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

<2> ENGLISH HERITAGE, 2000, Northamptonshire Boot and Shoe Survey, Irthligborough Site 1 (part checked) (Catalogue). SNN105075.

<3> Historic England, Undated, George Street Works, George Street, Irthlingborough, BF103680 (Archive). SNN114083.

Record last edited

Sep 13 2022 4:31PM