Building record 1160/466 - 16 Fish Street

Built in 1895 for Livingstone, Inglis & Co leather merchants. In 1905 it became the Water Department and then council offices

{1} Built in 1895 for the firm of Livingston, Inglis & Co as a leather warehouse by the architects Mosley & Anderson who also designed the Express Boot factory at Bunting Hollow. After 1905 it became the Water Department- a new, much bigger leather warehouse had been built at 50 Fish Street for Malcolm Inglis & Co, the successors to the earlier company.

Square plan with two storeys with attics and basement, built on a corner site. Gabled east-west with three gables to Fish Street. The Dychurch Lane and Fish Street elevations are built in a dark red brick with a rendered top storey and deep stone heads to the basement windows.

{2} The building bears Anderson's distinctive lettering and rose patterae.

<1> ENGLISH HERITAGE, 2000, Northamptonshire Boot and Shoe Survey, Site NORT172 (Catalogue). SNN105075.

<2> Bailey, B, Pevsner, N, and Cherry, B, 2013, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p. 450 (Book). SNN111989.

<3> West Northamptonshire Council, 2024, Local Heritage List, November 2024, p. 27 (Report). SNN116732.

Record last edited

Mar 3 2025 9:55AM