Building record 3884/0/232 - 1b George Street, Wellingborough

Probable former workshop pre-dating 1885. Used as a a confectioners during much of the 20th century and as a brush factory more recently.

{1} A level II building recording survey was carried out prior to refurbishment of a single storey brick building currently used as a store. Built prior to 1885, the building originally had three large windows in the north-eastern elevation. The presence of the windows, which would have provided good natural light, indicates that the building was likely used as a workshop for light industrial processes. The windows were subsequently blocked up.
By the late 1920s to 1930s the building was in use as a confectionary works and contained two heating coppers, a rolling slab and a wrapping machine, although now none of this equipment remains. The sweets were stored in an ancillary building which has been demolished. The building was marked as a 'Sweet Factory' as late as 1968. More recently it was used as a brush factory.

<1> Cherrington, R & Richmond, A, 2018, A programme of archaeological building investigation and recording: 1B George Street, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, 2018 (Report). SNN111212.

Record last edited

Aug 16 2018 9:54AM