Description

The following building shall be added:-

MARKET HARBOROUGH ST MARY'S ROAD
SP 7387
2/198 No 124 (Original North
West Building at Harborough
Rubber Works

II

Flour mills, now part of rubber factory. Circa 1860, for John
Bland; rubber works since 1894. Polychromatic brickwork; red
brick in Flemish bond with blue and white brick bands and cornice
and white brick window arches. Slate roofs with stone-coped gable
ends.

Rectangular on plan, the engine house probably at west end.

3 storeys and attic. 3-bay north front, each bay with 2 round-
headed windows, the bay separated by flat pilaster buttresses with
Lombardic frieze and moulded brick eaves cornice above, of
polychromatic brick. The windows have cast-iron frames with
glazing bars, white brick arches and blue and white brick bands at
impost level across front and moulded brick dentils to cills
between the pilaster buttresses. The band and cill courses
continue to right into 2 bays of one and 2 storeys with similar
windows. Bands in gable ends, the west with cast-iron windows
with glazing bars, the east with loft door and hoist. Later
buildings against rear (south) elevation and 1961 building
attached to east end linking original mill with 1925 rubber works
to east. Situated on north side of the River Wellands.

Interior: Wooden floor beams supported on thin iron columns.

Note: Originally a steam-driven flour mill built for John Bland.
In 1894 became factory of Harborough Rubber Company who made
bicycle pedal blocks and pedal blocks etc for automobiles. The
name 'Dainite' was adodpted during the First World War when the
factory continuously worked through night and day.

Listing NGR: SP7392787258

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26521905

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback