Monument record 1160/60/1 - Mounts Shoe Factory (Parker And Tears Mounts Factory)

Site of a shoe factory on the corner of Overstone Road and Mounts Road built 1890 and extended in 1920.

{1} Mounts Shoe Factory on The Mounts/Overstone Road; now demolished. Shoe factory of three storeys & basement dating to 1890, constructed of red brick with stone panels & slated hipped roof. It has small chimneys incorporated in pillars on south-west & south-east sides and a boiler house on the north-west gable end. A further range of two storeys & semi-basement date to 1920, comprising a red brick building with slate roof. It is connected to the 1890s part by one floor over gateway to yard, In 1967 it was owned by corporation; inscription on portico reads "Parker & Tears Mounts Factory".

{2}Mounts Shoe Factory at corner of The Mounts & Overstone Road.

{4}Mounts boot & shoe factory; corner of The Mounts & Overstone Road; 3 storey brick building with slate roof; half cellar; still standing in 1966 but demolition likely.

{5}Engraving of Mounts Shoe Factory from Edwin West & Co Ltd's advertisement.

<1> Starmer G.H., 1967, CBA Record Cards: Industrial Archaeology in Northamptonshire, Recorded by G Richards, 21-Apr-1967, Record No.NN60 (Recording Form (Not SMR)). SNN565.

<2> Starmer G.H., 1973, National Register of Industrial Monuments, (checked) (Catalogue). SNN571.

<3> Starmer G.H., 1982, National Register of Industrial Monuments, (checked) (Catalogue). SNN563.

<4> Starmer G.H., 1966, CBA Record Cards: Industrial Archaeology in Northamptonshire, (unchecked) (Recording Form (Not SMR)). SNN1626.

<5> 1903, DRAWINGS, (unchecked) (Engraving). SNN2815.

Record last edited

Nov 2 2023 1:42PM