Building record 1160/443/1 - 113 Overstone Road

W.T. Carter & Sons, Boot & Shoe Manufacturer (Formerly John Collins?). Later Barbour Threads. A three storey boot and shoe factory built on the west side of Overstone Road. This roughly rectangular-plan building is constructed from red brick with a pitched roof covered in slate. Ordnance Survey and other maps, suggest that it was built c.1880.

{1} c.1875 former boot and shoe factory of three storeys.

{3} Present occupiers: Barber Threads

{4}?C19th three storey brick building with semi-basement; decorative brickwork at eaves & above second storey window; former factory building; present occupiers Barbour Threads Ltd;

{5}Barbour Threads Ltd Overstone Road; former factory building now used for textiles;,

<1> ENGLISH HERITAGE, 2000, Northamptonshire Boot and Shoe Survey, Site 49 (Catalogue). SNN105075.

<2> Historic England, Undated, 113 Overstone Road, Northampton, BF103484 (Archive). SNN115576.

<3> Starmer G.H., 1967, CBA Record Cards: Industrial Archaeology in Northamptonshire, Site 29 (Recording Form (Not SMR)). SNN565.

<4> Starmer G.H., 1967, CBA Record Cards: Industrial Archaeology in Northamptonshire, (checked) (Recording Form (Not SMR)). SNN565.

<5> Starmer G.H., 1973, National Register of Industrial Monuments, (checked) (Catalogue). SNN571.

Record last edited

Jun 5 2025 6:44PM