Northburgh Street was a new road created in the 1770s and called Little Swan Alley. It was later called Little Sutton Street, and in 1937 It was renamed Northburgh Street after a Bishop of London who had helped found a priory in centuries past.
On the south side, one flank of the brown, brick, mega-building which is Nos. 36 – 43 Great Sutton Street fills the stretch of Northburgh Street between Bury Street and Brewhouse Yard.
On the north side, is one flank of No. 16 Brewhouse Yard.
Sutton Yard, Nos. 2 – 6 Northburgh Street, runs through to the end of the street.
No. 8 Northburgh Street is a traditional warehouse building with a pale brick façade. This was built 1892 for a folding-box manufacturer. The building was refurbished for commercial use in the early 1990s, but there were no takers, so it was re-converted to flats in 1995.
No. 10 Northburgh Street was built in 1894 for a paper-bag manufacturer. It is a striking building faced in red bricks, and an elaborate entrance. The building was later occupied by the Post Office as storage, and later by button manufacturers and printers.
On the south side of Northburgh Street, Parchment House, No. 13 Northburgh Street – the building faced in white gault bricks – was built as a printing works in 1900.
Nos 41-53 Goswell Road is a the warehouse building which has a long flank into Northburgh Street.
