Building record 3884/93/2 - No. 7 Strode Road

Built in the late 19th-century, from the 1890s the property was the house and premises of a 'Job Master', a person who hired horses and wagons to various trades. In the 1920s it was the site of a pork pie maker and the outbuildings behind an abattoir.

{1} Ordnance Survey mapping shows that properties numbered 5 to 9 Strode Road were built at some juncture between 1888 and 1900. However, the population census returns of 1891 and 1901 are unreliable for information about the early occupants.

The side passageway belonged to property No. 7, providing access for horses and goods wagons to the rear of the property. The passageway also gave a right of way to the dwelling at property No. 5. The passageway led to a yard and a range of rear outbuildings.
The documentary evidence suggests that, in 1911, there were stablings, cart shed and yard at the rear of the property. In the late 20th century the site of outbuildings was converted to house pigeons.
There was nothing of historic interest in the front or rear dwelling rooms. A large cellar containing a well and large vats used for salting meat was below but could no longer be accessed. The first floor had been thoroughly modernised, with nothing of historic interest.
The brickwork is of Flemish bond. All of the original sash windows have been replaced by UPVC casement windows. This modernisation involved the blocking of the opening of the back door and insertion of a window.

Since at least the 1890s No. 7 was owned by a ‘Job Master’; the name given to a person who hired horses and wagons to various trades. The property was also the owner’s house. In 1911, the business was listed under ‘Cab & Car Proprietors’, operating from Nos. 7 and 9 Strode Road. In 1920 and 1924, the premises had become the site of a pork pie maker (though not a pork butcher). The stables and cart sheds, and part of the yard, at the back of the house were converted to a slaughterhouse. ‘Sides’ of beef were stored in a large cellar below at No. 7 where they were salted in vats.

<1> Planas, M. & Wilson, M., 2014, Historic Building Record: Nos. 5-9 Strode Road, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, (checked) (Report). SNN109448.

<2> Horne B. (Editor), 2014, South Midlands Archaeology (44), p. 51 (Journal). SNN109842.

Record last edited

May 7 2019 1:36PM