Building record 1160/472 - 62 St Michael's Road

Owned by Pollard & Son for much of the 20th century, latterly by Tricker's Shoe Factory. A three storey boot and shoe factory extending along the south side of St Michaels Road. The majority of the factory is built of red brick and the pitched roof is covered in Welsh slate. Ordnance Survey and other maps suggest that the factory was built c.1880.

{2} c.1880 boot and shoe factory. Recorded as owned by Pollard and Son in 1916, 1928 and 1961. By 1999 owned by R.E.Tricker Ltd.

{3} Boot and shoe factory. 1880’s, remodelled and extended 1930’s. C.1912 and 1930’s. 3 ranges and house (no. 54) incorporated later as extra offices.
Range 1. Dark brown glazed brick façade with flat roof. 3 storeys. 4-window range at first floor of 3- and 5-light leaded mullion and transom windows with some stained glass detail in top lights. Similar windows on all floors with double entrance door to far left and part-glazed pedestrian door with overlight in next bay.
Range 2. c. 1912. Red brick with painted stone or stucco dressings and slate roof. 3 storeys. 6 wooden mullion and transom windows at first floor with taking-in door to far right. Similar windows and far right taking-in doors to other floors. Double entrance doors to far left in moulded doorcase. The front is carefully articulated by moulded brick pilasters rising from the first floor sill band to the moulded top cornice and the second floor windows have projecting brick aprons.
Range 3. 1930’s. This is a plainer version of range 2 and is a 3-window range of large iron-framed windows but the front is again articulated with pilasters and second floor window aprons.
The rear is characterised by single-, 2- and 3-storey wings and similarly large windows.
INTERIOR: Steel frame construction with boarded floors and ceilings, wooden ceiling beams and joists in part. Uses include making and finishing on ground floor, ‘closing’ on first floor, and ‘clicking’ on the second floor.
The house, now offices, incorporated within the works, is late C19. Red brick partly painted, slate roof, bracketed eaves cornice. C20 altered windows.

<1> PAYNE P., 1998, PHOTOGRAPHS, (unchecked) (Photographs). SNN51670.

<2> ENGLISH HERITAGE, 2000, Northamptonshire Boot and Shoe Survey, Sites 44 +45 (part checked) (Catalogue). SNN105075.

<3> DCMS, 2003, Listing Schedule, (checked) (Schedule). SNN105168.

<4> Morrison K.A.; Bond A., 2004, Built To Last? The Buildings of The Northamptonshire Boot and Shoe Industry (Book). SNN104903.

<5> Historic England, Undated, 62-64 St. Michael's Road, Northampton, BF103478 (Archive). SNN115584.

Record last edited

Feb 17 2025 7:20PM