Building record 1160/41/1 - Arnold House, 56 Lorne Road

A 3-storey boot and shoe factory, built in c1875, to an L-plan on a tapering site, with the 8-bay main range fronting Lorne Road to the south and a narrow 4-bay rear range extending northwards from the east end to Louise Road, enclosing a small yard. Locally listed building.

{1} c.1875 boot and shoe factory. A 3-storey boot and shoe factory, built to an L-plan on a tapering site, with the 8-bay main range fronting Lorne Road to the south and a narrow 4-bay rear range extending northwards from the east end to Louise Road, enclosing a small yard. It is constructed of orange brick with segmental arches to the openings. The front elevation has arches and abutments in buff brick, flush blue-brick impost bands carried up over the arches, a chamfered and cogged eaves, also mixing blue and buff bricks, and elaborate limestone kneelers to the gables. The rear elevation is uniformly in orange brick and has a dentilled and cogged eaves. The original entrance was at the east end of the front elevation, beneath a second-storey taking-in doorway, now converted into a window, a second entrance to the west is a later insertion. All the fenestration has been renewed. There is a small stack on the east gable, north of the ridge, and a larger ridge-mounted stack on the west gable. The rear range appears to be contemporary, but incorporates large modern windows in the north gable. A modern flue agains the north west corner appears to replace a brick stack in this position. The adjoining lean-to partly overlies a former yard entrance; it appears on the 1899 OS, but has been modernised extensively. Other small buildings in the yard have been demolished. The interior of the original building has cast-iron columns supporting an axial beam on each floor.

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

<2> Undated, Arnold House, 56 Lorne Road, Northampton, BF103457 (Archive). SNN113677.

<3> Northampton Borough Council, 2011, Northampton's Boot and Shoe Quarter: Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan, p. 34 (Report). SNN112202.

<4> West Northamptonshire Council, 2024, Local Heritage List, November 2024, p. 10 (Report). SNN116732.

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Mar 3 2025 2:51PM