Building record 1160/0/424 - 70 St Michael's Road, Northampton

Three storeys over a basement, probably built in the early 1890s. This `T' plan building is constructed in red brick with a slate-covered pitched roof. Listed as a leather warehouse in 1899 and as a last factory by 1916.

{1} This building, with three storeys over a basement, standing on the south side of St Michael's Road, appears to have been built in the early 1890s. The 1896 White's Directory lists three occupants for Nos. 70 and 72, suggesting that one of the other was in dual occupancy.
The four-bay St Michaels' Road elevation is built in a better quality and darker coloured brick than the gables and rear range. It stands on a blue brick plinth, and incorporates a flush band above the first-floor window heads, a second-floor sill band, and a moulded cornice, all in stone. The principal entrance at the west end has a fanlight and flush-panelled door, while the yard entrance at the east end has blue brick jambs and a timber lintel. The windows have camberedbrick heads, stone sills and horned sashes. A stone entablature extends across the frontage floor level and may have been intended for a painted sign.
The Goad plan does not record any interior details; however, timber axial beams supported by circular-section cast-iron columns are visible through the first-floor windows. Three-storey range to the rear not inspected.

<1> ENGLISH HERITAGE, 2000, Northamptonshire Boot and Shoe Survey, Northampton Site 43 (Catalogue). SNN105075.

<2> Historic England, Undated, 70 St. Michael's Road, Northampton, BF103477 (Archive). SNN115582.

Record last edited

May 11 2025 3:34PM