Building record 1160/0/11 - City Buildings, Fish Street

Leather warehouse built in 1900, by Alexander Ellis Anderson, for Malcolm Inglis and company of Glasgow. The building is of four storeys with attic and basement, of red brick and Weldon stone ashlar with a slate roof. The building plan is rectangular, on a corner site with the main entrance at the corner; of Rennaissance style. The ground floor is of rusticated ashlar with entablature and a large cornice. The main doorway has a semi-circular canopy on acanthus brackets with carved armorial bearings on soffit and draped female figures above (carved by A Broadbent). The curved corner panel above is carved with the company name and has flanking pilasters with bulls' heads over arms of various cities (the third floor window has carved festoons and "est 1796" below). There are giant rusticated pilasters supporting a heavy moulded entablature with modillions. The attic storey has brick pilasters over which the cornice breaks forward. The east (rear) elevation is plain.

{1} Warehouse. 1900 by Alexander Ellis Anderson for Malcolm Inglis and Company, Glasgow. Red brick and Weldon Stone ashlar. Slate roof. Brick lateral stacks. Rectangular on plan on corner site with main entrance at the corner. Wrennaissance style. 4 storeys, attic and basement. 6.5 bays to Fish Street and 3.5 bays to The Riding. Rusticated ashlar ground floor with entablature with large cornice and round arch doorway in bay 4 of west front end. Main entrance doorway on left hand (NW) corner with acanthus brackets with finely carved armorial bearings on soffit and draped female figures above carved by A Broadbent of London (sculptor). Curved corner panel above doorway inscribed 'Malcolm Inglis and Company, Glasgow' with flanking pilasters having bulls' heads over arms of various cities, and round third floor window with carved festoons around and inscription 'est 1796' below. The first, second and third floor bays are divided by giant rusticated pilasters, supporting a heavy moulded entablature with modillions, and have segmental headed windows with 2-light sashes. Attic storey has rusticated stone window architraves and brick pilasters over which the cornice above breaks forward. Plain rear (east) elevation. Interior: Floors supported on cast iron columns. Wide mahogany and oak open well staircase at rear centre. Attic storey open to roof with queen post trusses.

{2} Warehouse built 1900 by Alexander Ellis Anderson for Malcolm Inglis and Company Glasgow; red brick and Weldon stone ashlar. Slate roof. Wrennaissance style of 4 storeys with attic and basement. More details given.

{4} Two photos dated 1993.

{6} Designed for the Glasgow leather factors Malcolm Inglis & Co. There are labels for all their trading contacts, big bulls' heads and over the doorway a sunburst relief.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 2/602 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1976, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), H14, insert facing p.66 (checked) (Catalogue). SNN1000.

<3> Anderson A.E., Malcolm Inglis and Company, a Souvenir, (unchecked) (Report). SNN105248.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Northampton (Photographs). SNN114989.

<5> Historic England, Undated, City Buildings, Fish Street, Northampton, BF097899 (Archive). SNN115603.

<6> Bailey, B, Pevsner, N, and Cherry, B, 2013, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p. 450 (Book). SNN111989.

<7> Perkins, P, Whittaker, R and Denton, A, 2022, A Guide to the Industrial Heritage of Northamptonshire, p. 58/Site 252 (Book). SNN113793.

<8> Adams, D., 2013, Alexander Ellis Anderson LRIBA (1866-1935): A Scottish Architect in Northampton (Article). SNN116758.

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Mar 3 2025 12:06PM