Building record 3884/0/233 - Building to the rear of Nos 4 & 5 Cambridge Street

A former corn dealer's premises and mill built in the late 1870s. During the 20th century the building was used for a number of different purposes, including as a workshop for building maintenance companies.

{1} Historic building recording undertaken prior to conversion for residential use. The building appears to have been built as a corn store and mill possibly in the late 1870s, likely by John Hobson Bearn. It is a brick-built two-storied structure with a façade of regularly-coursed stone, both ironstone and limestone. The roof is of pan tiles. The front elevation has four window opening, two on each floor; the upper windows flank a double-door loading bay. On the ground floor, there is a double-door opening in the south bay, perhaps for a cart, and a pedestrian entrance in the north bay.
There were few fittings still present at the time of the survey. Most were of 20th century date and related to the building's use by the building maintenance firm from c1945 until its closure in c2010. However, on the ground floor there were two suspended overhead flat belt-drive shafts (counter shafts) bolted to floor joists.

<1> Wilson, M and Planas, M, 2021, A late 19th-century corn dealer's premises at the rear of Nos 4 & 5 Cambridge Street, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire: Historic Building Record (Report). SNN112371.

<2> Souterrain Archaeological Services Ltd, 2021, Historic Building Record Images of A Corn Dealer's Premises and Mill, Wellingborough: November 2020 - January 2021, https://doi.org/10.5284/1084936 (Digital archive). SNN112414.

<3> Crank, N. (Editor), 2021, South Midlands Archaeology (51), p. 66-7 (Journal). SNN113326.

Record last edited

Feb 25 2025 7:41PM