Report - Pearce Leatherworks - Northampton - Feb 23

[Bikin Glynn]

Pearce Leatherworks

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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.

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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.

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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​

 

[dansgas1000]

Not a poor report at all. I love the Art Deco styling.

 

[albino-jay]

That’s a cool looking building. Love the clock

 

[GRONK]

Another beauty as always

 

[Wastelandr]

Beautiful building that

 

[Mikeymutt]

Lovely building. Art deco is so nice.

 

[albino-jay]

@Bikin Glynn there you go some older pics

Report - - Pearce Leatherworks- Northampton | Industrial Sites

I dont get to shoot much UE anymore due to work commitments etc... so I jumped at this opportunity..... I was commissioned by the Independent newspaper to photograph Pearce Leatherworks in Northampton over the summer, the full article which is an interesting read can be found here...

www.28dayslater.co.uk

 

[host]

That’s a beautiful building. Well done

 

[Bikin Glynn]

Not a poor report at all. I love the Art Deco styling.

That’s a cool looking building. Love the clock

Beautiful building that

Lovely building. Art deco is so nice.

That’s a beautiful building. Well done

thanks all, honestly wasnt gonna bother posting this one lol

 

[Bikin Glynn]

@Bikin Glynn there you go some older pics

Report - - Pearce Leatherworks- Northampton | Industrial Sites

I dont get to shoot much UE anymore due to work commitments etc... so I jumped at this opportunity..... I was commissioned by the Independent newspaper to photograph Pearce Leatherworks in Northampton over the summer, the full article which is an interesting read can be found here...

www.28dayslater.co.uk

Wow thats what I wanted to see, has been a while then but Im really pissed I didnt get to stairs.
If I see developers there Ill try & sneak in

 

[albino-jay]

Wow thats what I wanted to see, has been a while then but Im really pissed I didnt get to stairs.
If I see developers there Ill try & sneak in

Had a nosey on streetview looks like it’s got totally fresh boarding all over it now.

 

[The Young One]

I'll have to pop over at the weekend

 

[HughieD]

Nicely photographed mate.

 

[Bikin Glynn]

Had a nosey on streetview looks like it’s got totally fresh boarding all over it now.

yh they have & camera above gate.
the rear was like one big open window so Ill be suprised if they have managed to seal that but think the internal doors were screwed when I went hence I only really got in back bit

 

[Bikin Glynn]

I'll have to pop over at the weekend

Ill drop u some info

Nicely photographed mate.

thankye