Barratt Shoe Factory

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.

------------------------------------ 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

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

1. 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