Building record 7198/0/129 - Matthew Thompson shoe factory, Carrington Street

Firm of Matthew Thompson, boot and shoe manufacturer, founded in 1876 with the Carrington Street factory built shortly before 1890. Latterly it served as a laundry vehicle depot. A three storey shoe factory was built shortly before 1890, with principle elevations to Carrington Street on the north and Victoria Street on the east. It survives reduced to a single storey beneath two asymmetrical sheeted roof pitches, gabled east-west and formerly north-lit. It had elevations of six and a half and three and a half pier- and- panel bays respectively to Carrington Street and Victoria Street, the elevations meeting at a canted corner containing the entrance.

{1} Three-storey former shoe factory built shortly before 1890, with principal elevations to Carrington Street and Victoria Street meeting at a canted corner containing the entrance beneath a two-storeyed polygonal oriel. It survives reduced to a single-storey beneath two asymmetrical roof pitches, gabled east-west and formerly north-lit. A view of the works was published in 1916. The present canted corner dates from a modification in the late 1920s or 1930s and appears to be contemporary with the dismantling of the upper storeys.

Bellamy B, 1993-4, Boot and Shoe factories in Kettering, P (Photographs). SNN111256.

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

<2> Historic England, 65 Carrington Street (formerly M Thompson and Sons Ltd), Kettering, BF103913 (Archive). SNN114931.

<3> Historic England, Undated, Northampton Boot and Shoe Industry Project, EHC01/044 (Archive). SNN113277.

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Feb 5 2025 7:34PM