Building record 7203/74/2 - No.6 & 6b Fitzwilliam Street

Late 19th-century semi-detached house with a long range to the rear which may have begun as a shoe factory and was serving as a closing factory in the 1960s

{1} Nos 6 and 8 form a pair of two-storey houses fronting Fitzwilliam Street to the north. To the rear of No 6 there is a long narrow two-storey range, probably of two or more phases, with walls of brick and corrugated iron. This may have begun as a shoe factory and was serving as a closing factory factory in the 1960s.

1899 House and works to rear shown
1906 ?Skeeles & Co, boot and shoe mfrs (Kelly's)
1922 ?Premier Boot Co
1969 H & K Closers Ltd
1999 W E Lockie & Son, dust extraction specialists & sheet metal workers

<1> ENGLISH HERITAGE, 2000, Northamptonshire Boot and Shoe Survey, Site 18 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN105075.

<2> Historic England, Undated, 6-6A Fitzwilliam Street, Rushden, BF103666 (Archive). SNN113898.

Record last edited

Feb 17 2025 7:18PM