Building record 1160/0/212 - Shoemakers' Workshop, Victoria Road

{1} On the west side of Victoria Road, between Wellingborough Road and St Edmunds Road, is a 30-35foot long two-storey building, 21 feet high to the ridge of its roof which is only at the level of the eaves of the house to which it joins. At the north end ie that furthest away from the house, there is a wing extending back for 30 feet from Victoria Road. The upper storey on that road has two large casement windows, each 8 feet long by 5 feet high, and also a wooden external door, originally glazed in its upper panels. On the left hand side of the door a cast iron swinging jib, for an external hoist, is mounted on the wall. The design of the jib is particularly pleasing with a circular motif in the spandrel formed by the curved compression member of the jib. The hoist is no longer in use but externally is complete except for the actual hoist rope or chain.

<1> Goodfellow A.V.; Starmer G.H., 1970, A Survey of Part of Victorian Northampton, p.8 (checked) (Interim Report). SNN102467.

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Jun 21 2011 4:21PM