Building record 1679/20/1 - Machinery Manufacturers & Later Shoe Components Factory (Cyril Norris, T.R. Lawman Ltd.)

This shoe machinery engineering works has as its origin a two storey, three bay, central entry house, constructed of limestone rubble with a rendered west front and probably dating from no later than the mid 19th century. From before 1884 until the early 1920s there were a series of outbuildings around a yard to the rear. These were swept away, perhaps as early as the 1920s and replaced by a large engineering shop.

{1} Industrial building, High Street. Small industrial building to the end of terraces on High Street. Now owned by 'TR Lawman Ltd Shoe Components'. Film 7, photo 10.

{3} This shoe machinery engineering works has as its origin a two storey, three bay, central entry house, constructed of limestone rubble with a rendered west front and probably dating from no later than the mid 19th century. From before 1884 until the early 1920s there were a series of outbuildings around a yard to the rear. These were swept away, perhaps as early as the 1920s and replaced by a large engineering shop.

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

<2> HET Buildings Conservation Team, 1993-2006, Buildings Planning Files, H293/2/11 (part checked) (HET Planning File (Buildings)). SNN105512.

<3> ENGLISH HERITAGE, 2000, Northamptonshire Boot and Shoe Survey, Higham Site 14 (Catalogue). SNN105075.

<4> Historic England, Undated, T R Lawman Ltd, 65 High Street, Higham Ferrers, BF103905 (Archive). SNN114326.

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