Building record 1160/0/282 - 29-33 (odd) Victoria Road

A two-storey boot and shoe factory built around 1875. Originally the premises of Francis Gibbs, after 1896 it became the leather, shoe components and grindery warehouse of GH Frecknall. This `L' shaped factory is built of brick with slate-covered pitched roofs.

{1} Two-storey, L-plan boot and shoe factory. The building is now a printing works and the street elevations have been covered in render obscuring some of the original details. The factory has been extended and remodelled several times. The original factory was rectangular in plan, gabled north-south with elevations on Victoria Road and Harold Street. The three bay Victoria Road elevation is of pier and panel construction. The fourth bay at the north end of this range originated as a separate building, probably a house occupied by the manufacturer. The two-storey nine-bay range extending along the north side of Harold Street may be combination of two buildings. The western end was by 1896 occupied by a firm of pianoforte manufacturers.

<1> ENGLISH HERITAGE, 2000, Northamptonshire Boot and Shoe Survey, Site 142 (Catalogue). SNN105075.

<2> Historic England, Undated, 29-33 Victoria Road, Northampton, BF103512 (Archive). SNN113863.

<3> Northampton Borough Council, 2011, Northampton's Boot and Shoe Quarter: Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan, p. 34 (Report). SNN112202.

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Feb 5 2025 7:34PM