Monument record 1160/252/3 - 69 Kettering Road

Factory gatehouse. A four-storey building on the west side of Kettering Road. The works are built of red brick with a pitched roof covered in Welsh-slate. Ordnance Survey and other mapping, suggest that the factory was built c.1880.

{1} The works entrance is via an archway in a three-storey gatehouse, gabled north-south with its principal elevation on Kettering Road. It is built in a red brick with blue brick door jambs and window sills. All the openings, unless otherwise indicated, have segmental heads. The rear elevation of the gatehouse has the same details as the main works, suggesting that they are contemporary. The Kettering Road elevation has a softer red brick for architectural details which include pilasters framing the tripartite windows, an oculus in a dormer gable, string courses on the first and second floors and aprons beneath the windows. The segmental entrance arch has a stone key and carved imposts. The entrance is closed by a pair of wrought-iron gates. Adjoining the south side of this block are two-late 18th century ironstone buildings now used as shops.

<1> ENGLISH HERITAGE, 2000, Northamptonshire Boot and Shoe Survey, Northampton site 40 (checked) (Catalogue). SNN105075.

<2> Historic England, Undated, 69 Kettering Road, Northampton, BF103474 (Archive). SNN115581.

Record last edited

Feb 5 2025 6:16PM