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Pearce Leatherworks
Really quick & rather poor report this one.
This used to be a huge site which has 80% been redeveloped but they have left the main office block for many years.
I only got in this last bit before work proceeded though that itself seems to of stopped again.
I havent seen any reports from here but am sure some of you must of done this when the whole site was abandoned? would like to see some more pics if so.
he Pearce Leatherworks was opened in 1939, designed and built in the simple yet glamorous Art Deco style that was popular throughout the 1920s and 1930s. The building was headquarters to W. Pearce Co, which, by 1925, had become one of the fastest growing leather manufacturers in the country and the chief exporter of fancy leathers. The business had thrived through the depression of the early 1930s when its owner realised that small-scale luxury and novelty items sold well in difficult economic times. In a brochure produced in 1939 to celebrate the opening of their new premises in Billing Park, Northampton, the company highlighted its endeavour to instill ‘leather consciousness’ in the discerning eye of the woman-in-the-shop. W. Pearce & Co. closed its doors in 2003, unable to compete with lower prices from overseas.
Most annoyingly I failed to find the staircase in this place which no doubt would of been the best bit as this was another rushed solo explore but hey ho.
Thanks For Looking
Really quick & rather poor report this one.
This used to be a huge site which has 80% been redeveloped but they have left the main office block for many years.
I only got in this last bit before work proceeded though that itself seems to of stopped again.
I havent seen any reports from here but am sure some of you must of done this when the whole site was abandoned? would like to see some more pics if so.
he Pearce Leatherworks was opened in 1939, designed and built in the simple yet glamorous Art Deco style that was popular throughout the 1920s and 1930s. The building was headquarters to W. Pearce Co, which, by 1925, had become one of the fastest growing leather manufacturers in the country and the chief exporter of fancy leathers. The business had thrived through the depression of the early 1930s when its owner realised that small-scale luxury and novelty items sold well in difficult economic times. In a brochure produced in 1939 to celebrate the opening of their new premises in Billing Park, Northampton, the company highlighted its endeavour to instill ‘leather consciousness’ in the discerning eye of the woman-in-the-shop. W. Pearce & Co. closed its doors in 2003, unable to compete with lower prices from overseas.
Most annoyingly I failed to find the staircase in this place which no doubt would of been the best bit as this was another rushed solo explore but hey ho.
Thanks For Looking
