Description

In the entry for

KINGSTHORPE ROAD

11/602
Barratt Shoe Factory

The following shall be added at the end of the discription:-

'The large factory extension to the rear of the front block is not of special
interest'.

The List was previously amended in respect of this entry on 27 November 1985.

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In the entry for
KINGSTHORPE ROAD
0/216
Barratt Shoe Factory

The map reference number shall be amended to read: 11/602

The list was amended in respect of this entry on 27 November 1985

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KINGSTHORPE ROAD
1.
5327 BARRATT SHOE FACTORY
SP 76 SE SP/216 0/216
II

2.
Shoe and boot factory. Front range facing Kingsthorpe Road dated 1913.
Macvicar Anderson for Barratt's Shoes in an exuberantly Neo-Baroque style. Stone,
brick, terracotta details; steel frame. 3 storeys. Symmetrical front of 9 bays
defined by full height pilaster buttresses. Stone plinth. Central doorway framed
by a projecting porch with broken segmental pediment supported on Roman Ionic
columns and deep entablatures with carved frieze blocks. Large arched openings in
stone to either side with metal framed 3-light mullion and transom windows except
for end bay to left which has cart entry under similar arch with fanlight grille
of radiating metal bars. Stone spandrels above arches divided by raised key blocks.
First and second floor bays are each subdivided by an intermediate pier. Pilaster
buttresses and piers have alternating bands of brick and stone. Metal frame casement
windows with transoms on first floor and stone spandrels above, with carved aprons.
Lower windows on second floor except for the bay to either side of central bay.
These have tall windows crowned by stone segmental pedimented features with boldly
Estd Built
moulded wreaths enclosing inscriptions: on left, on right. A similar
1903 1913
pedimented feature over each end bay enclosing a circular window in a wreathed
frame with side drops. Between pedimented features to left and right, a dentil
eaves cornice crowned by balustrades of open stone letters : FOOTSHAPE to left and
BOOT WORKS to right. A circular clock set in a segmental headed frame over the
central bay. Stone and brick gate piers, brick stone capped plinth for former
boundary railing.

Listing NGR: SP7537861981

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26541420

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