Building record 1160/0/70 - Nos.30 & 30A Billing Road

Built in 1863 in late Gothic style.

{1} 1863 in late Gothic style, with largely original ornate interior. Yellow brick, stone dressed with red brick cambered relieving arches. Welsh slated roof. 2 storeys; 3 storey tower with concave spire roof and first floor canted oriel bay window on west side elevation. South front elevation has gable on left, 2 gabled half dormers. Stone mullion and transom casement windows. Built for Mr Shoosmith, Town Clerk.

{2} Gothic style with largely original ornate interior; yellow brick & stone dressed with red brick arches; Welsh slate roof; 2 storeys; 3 storey tower with concave spire roof; built in 1863 for Town Clerk Mr Shoosmith.

{3} Large houses in Billing Road, many of which were built by wealthier shoe manufacturers. Some of these have towers surmounted by concave-sided pyramid roofs.

{4} Photo dated 1993;

{5} Originally named Ivy Tower.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 6/223 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1976, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), H14 p.28 (checked) (Catalogue). SNN1000.

<3> Goodfellow A.V.; Starmer G.H., 1970, A Survey of Part of Victorian Northampton, p.11 (checked) (Interim Report). SNN102467.

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

<5> Bailey, B, Pevsner, N, and Cherry, B, 2013, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p. 474 (Book). SNN111989.

Record last edited

Feb 25 2025 1:46PM