Building record 953/0/35 - Boot & Shoe Outworker's Workshop

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Summary

A number of houses in Holyoake Street built around 1900, have single storeyed shoemakers workshops on the garden plots, backing onto a back alley. Alll have large east-facing windows overlooking the garden, and a stack on one corner. Their positon in the garden plot suggets that they were used for outworking rather than for domestic use.

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Full Description

{1} A number of the houses on Holyoake Terrace have single-storeyed workshops on their garden plots. All have a large east-facing window overlooking the garden, and a stack in one corner. Their position in the garden plots suggests that they were built for outworking rather than for domestic uses. First shown on OS map of 1899, now in use as domestic outbuildings.


<1> ENGLISH HERITAGE, 2000, Northamptonshire Boot and Shoe Survey, Site 17 (checked) (Catalogue). SNN105075.

<2> Historic England, Undated, Holyoake Terrace, Long Buckby, BF103878 (Archive). SNN115726.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Catalogue: ENGLISH HERITAGE. 2000. Northamptonshire Boot and Shoe Survey. English Heritage. Site 17 (checked).
  • <2> Archive: Historic England. Undated. Holyoake Terrace, Long Buckby. BF103878.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 63198 67747 (7m by 7m) Central
Civil Parish LONG BUCKBY, West Northamptonshire (formerly Daventry District)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • NRHE HOB UID: 1358990

Record last edited

Feb 17 2025 7:13PM

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