Building record 1160/0/520 - Former CWS warehouse, Guildhall Road

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Summary

Façade of a former Co-Operative Wholesale Society warehouse built in 1921. The rest of the building has been demolished to build apartments.

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Full Description

{1} At the southern end…[of Guidhall Road]... is a four-storey brick façade carrying a date of 1921, the rest of the building having been demolished to build apartments. It is embellished with characteristic moulded CWS wheatsheaf surrounded by decorative brick in the gables, over a mock rusticated stone basement storey.


<1> Perkins, P, Whittaker, R and Denton, A, 2022, A Guide to the Industrial Heritage of Northamptonshire, p. 57/ Site 248 (Book). SNN113793.

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  • <1> Book: Perkins, P, Whittaker, R and Denton, A. 2022. A Guide to the Industrial Heritage of Northamptonshire. NIAG. p. 57/ Site 248.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 7560 6027 (13m by 31m)
Civil Parish NORTHAMPTON, West Northamptonshire (formerly Northampton District)

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Record last edited

Feb 28 2025 12:14PM

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