Building record 7203/4/1 - 155-157 High Street

Boot & Shoe Factory (Sabre Sports, formerly Spratts). A three-storey factory consisting of two ranges set at right-angles to each other. Probably dates from circa 1890.

{1} Boot and Shoe Factory, High Street / Station Road
Boot and shoe factory on corner of High Street and Station Road. Hand painted sign ASpratts@. Now in use by Co-op Funeral Service and Sabre Sports footwear. Was used as a corn merchants in the 1940s. Film 2, photo 11-13.

{2} Three-storey factory buildings of brick with Welsh slate roofs. The narrow east range has an irregular plan. It consists of five bays, from east to west, and has an east gable incorporating a pair of windows on each floor. This gable fronts onto the High Street. The building is presumed to be that shown on the 1884 OS map. The slightly later west range is slightly taller and has four bays of paired windows to east and west, and a three-bay north gable. The north gable incorporates an attic window. Painted signs bear the name 'Spratts'. In the angle which the two buildings form is a narrow yard, opening onto the High Street. The earliest occupants of the factory have not been identified.

<1> Ballinger J., 1999, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Industrial Period, (unchecked) (Digital archive). SNN4.

<2> ENGLISH HERITAGE, 2000, Northamptonshire Boot and Shoe Survey, Site 13 (part checked) (Catalogue). SNN105075.

<3> 1944, PHOTOGRAPHS, F/142 15;000FT (Photographs). SNN52340.

<4> Historic England, Undated, 155-157 High Street, Rushden, BF103656 (Archive). SNN114079.

Record last edited

Feb 17 2025 7:18PM