Description

The following building shall be added to the list;

RUSHDEN LIME STREET
SP 96 NE
8/10005 Former John White
shoe factory
II

Factory. 1938. Sir Albert Richardson. Red brick to base of semicircular bay window and
painted brick. Roof partly concealed behind parapet and partly visible sloping glazing.
Framed construction with metal columns. Symmetrical front with central. projection, the
centre of which projects further with segmental bay window which has curved glass.
Glazing, in original metal frames, is continuous to projecting portion and continues to left
and right of this as ribbon windows; deep brick parapet above. Basement projects below
centre in red brick, and is semicircular, with a fight of steps to right and left. Full height
glazing between brick piers to left and right of centre. Projecting entrance porch to north
return has walls of glass bricks, as does projecting rear entrance. Tall brick chimney of black
painted brick, square in plan, rises at rear with battered sides and cornice. A rare example of
a factory by this important classical architect.

Listing NGR: SP9559567670

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26520151

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide