Building record 3884/0/231 - 59 Oxford Street

A late 18th century house with an added workshop to rear and converted to a shop. 59 Oxford Street is a three-storey house of late 18th century date on the north side of Oxford Street at its junction with West Street. The three bay south front has end stacks and probably incorporated a central entrance originally. Probably in the 19th century the ground floor was remodelled as a shop front. It is built of coursed ironstone with keyed stone lintles to the windows and a moulded eaves cornice. Extending to the rear of the house along what may have been the garden wall is a two-storey pantiled range gabled north-south. The irregular and piecemeal nature of this range suggests use as a workshop. 59 Oxford Street was still in use as a shop in 1999.

{1} 59 Oxford Street is a three-storey house of late 18th or early 19th century date on the north side of Oxford Street at its junction with West Street. The three-bay south front has end stacks and probably incorporated a central entrance originally (the ground floor has been remodelled for retail use). It is built of coursed ironstone with keyed stone lintels to the windows and a moulded eaves cornice. The west gable has been rendered following the demolition of the adjoining houses. The house has been extended to the rear (before 1886 on map evidence) by the addition of a two-storey lean-to.
Extending along the rear of the house along what may have been the garden wall is a two-storey pantiled range gabled north-south. The irregular ridge height and ground plan of this range suggests that it consists of a number of piecemeal additions. At the north end of the range is a taller section with four large west-facing first-floor windows suggestive of workshop or manufacturing use. Simialr ranges were used elsewhere for shoe manufacturing but no leather-trade uses have been identified for this site.


In Kelly's volumes of 1877 and 1907, John Noble is mentioned as having an ironmonger's business at this address. The house is 3-storey of late 18th or early 19th century date.

Historic England, Undated, 59 Oxford Street, Wellingborough, BF103809 [Not accessed by NHER] (Archive). SNN112941.

<1> ENGLISH HERITAGE, 2000, Northamptonshire Boot and Shoe Survey, Site 34 (checked) (Catalogue). SNN105075.

<2> Walker C., 2012, Archaeological Desk-Based Heritage Assessment of Land at High Street, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire December 2012, (unchecked) (Report). SNN109268.

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Feb 5 2025 7:34PM