The Factory Shop

The Factory Shop is a house that has been converted into a shop, dating from the early to mid-19th century. It is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond and features a Welsh slate roof. The building stands three storeys high and has a three-by-three bay layout, occupying a corner site.

The main front of the building has a central bay that is pedimented and projects forward. The ground floor has 20th-century shop windows that span the full width, with a corner entrance to the left. The upper storeys have chamfered ashlar quoins, and the projection is also quoined. On the first floor, there is a sill band with a moulded soffit, and the windows are sashes with glazing bars set within architraves that have moulded sills supported by shaped brackets. The second floor features shorter, unequally-hung nine-pane sashes with simpler bracketed sills. The eaves are boxed and oversailing, supported by shaped brackets. The left end of the roof is hipped.

On the left return, there is a 20th-century shop front on the ground floor, while the upper floors mirror the front design but lack the pedimented break. The building was constructed on the site of an old vicarage, which is located next to the Church of All Saints. It is marked as the Mechanics' Institute on the 1851 Ordnance Survey map and later served as the 'Caxton Works' premises for the Rotherham Advertiser, which was first published on January 2nd, 1858. The building is included for its group value.