Premises of A.j. Tear and Co. Ltd. on Corner of Dunster St. and Overstone Rd. (Former Curriers Works)
76, OVERSTONE ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1390676
- Date first listed:
- 02-Dec-2003
- List Entry Name:
- Premises of A.j. Tear and Co. Ltd. on Corner of Dunster St. and Overstone Rd. (Former Curriers Works)
- Statutory Address:
- 76, OVERSTONE ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1390676
- Date first listed:
- 02-Dec-2003
- List Entry Name:
- Premises of A.j. Tear and Co. Ltd. on Corner of Dunster St. and Overstone Rd. (Former Curriers Works)
- Statutory Address 1:
- 76, OVERSTONE ROAD
- Statutory Address 2:
- PREMISES OF A.J. TEAR AND CO. LTD. ON CORNER OF DUNSTER ST. AND OVERSTONE RD. (FORMER CURRIERS WORKS), 1, DUNSTER STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- 76, OVERSTONE ROAD
- Statutory Address:
- PREMISES OF A.J. TEAR AND CO. LTD. ON CORNER OF DUNSTER ST. AND OVERSTONE RD. (FORMER CURRIERS WORKS), 1, DUNSTER STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- West Northamptonshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Northampton
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 75860 60944
Details
725/0/10043 DUNSTER STREET 02-DEC-03 1 Premises of A.J. Tear and Co. Ltd. on corner of Dunster St. and Overstone Rd . (former curriers works) OVERSTONE ROAD 76
GV II Former curriers works. c.1878. Red brick with slate roof, hipped to corner, and with coped end gables. Stacks to the Dunster St. gable ends. 3 storeys with 2-storey extension to Dunster St. end. V plan. Iron-framed windows to ground and first floors except wooden sashes to canted end and part of Overstone Rd. front. Very unusual wooden-framed combination of windows with glazing bars over louvred panels to top floor. Dunster St. front has a 10-window range to first floor, then 2 windows on the canted corner and 5 windows and far left taking-in door to Overstone Rd. The top floor continuous combination windows are arranged 5:1:3 along the 3 fronts. Entrance doors to canted corner and to right of Dunster St. front. Extension to right of this front may be a purpose-built engine house (1899 goad plan shows it containing a gas engine)
Interior yard also has fully louvred ventilation panels to top floor.
INTERIOR. Wide timber ceiling beams supporting joists. Queen strut roof trusses. The lourve opening mechanism survives in part.
House/offices. Rendered and colourwashed brick. Slate roof with coped gable. 2 storeys. 3-window range at first floor of C20 windows in original openings. Ground floor has 2 windows under fascia and cornice and door within doorcase with brackets and cornice. Carriage entrance to right.
HISTORY.
William Collier is listed as a currier here in 1878/9 and the 1883-4 OS map shows all the ranges. In the 1890's Goulding and Co. were occupying the premises and in the early C20 the building was a leather warehouse. It has been the present bedding and upholstery factory since the 1950's. The form of ventilation for the top floor is characteristic of leather storage and drying floors before the 1890's but seldom survives.
This is a fine, unusual and very little-altered example of a curriers works with the added completeness of the attached owner/manager's house. The ensemble forms part of the most significant group of boot and shoe industry buildings in Northampton.
REFERENCES.
English Heritage Northamptonshire Boot and Shoe Industry report, 2000, pp.10, 13 and 17, and Site Report No.51.
Goad insurance plan 1899.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 491157
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
Northamptonshire Boot and Shoe Industry Report,
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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