Monument record 7196/27 - Westfields Tannery, Thrift Street

This leather works originated as a small workshop to the rear of 19 Thrift Street built in the 1890s. In the late 1920s a long single storeyed rear range was built behind the back yards of the houses on Thirft Street, with a gabled front to Westfields Avenue. It is built of Fletton brick, with a north front of rusticated Flettons and a roof of corrugated asbestos

{1} Factory/ industrial building, Thrift Street
Large building in centre of terraces - presumably a small factory - on the same alignment as terraces. Would appear to be earlier than the terraces and certainly has a slightly different frontage with the use of decorative detail (blue and white bricks on front of building). Film 5, photo 12.

{2} This leather works originated as a small workshop to the rear of 19 Thrift Street built in the 1890s. In the late 1920s a long single storeyed rear range was built behind the back yards of the houses on Thirft Street, with a gabled front to Westfields Avenue. It is built of Fletton brick, with a north front of rusticated Flettons and a roof of corrugated asbestos

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

<2> ENGLISH HERITAGE, 2000, Northamptonshire Boot and Shoe Survey, Higham Ferrers Site 9 (Catalogue). SNN105075.

<3> Historic England, Undated, Westfields Tannery, 3 Westfields Avenue and 19 Thrift Street, Higham Ferrers, BF103901 (Archive). SNN114327.

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Nov 14 2022 12:05PM