Listed Building: 142-148 CROMFORD HILL (1248402)

'1. CROMFORD HILL 1390 CROMFORD SK 2856/2956 1/133 Nos.142-148 (even) GV II 2. Four houses. Probably 1780s or 1790s; built for Richard Arkwright to accommodate workers for his textile mills. Coursed rubble; tiled roofs under two levels. Two black and red brick ridge stacks. Plan similar to Arkwright phase I type; single unit with services to rear under catslide; 3 storeys; side stairs against end or party walls behind and to one side of front entrance. 2-bay front elevation, the entrance bay with no windows above, the other with 2-light stone-mullioned windows to each floor; doorways with large rectangular lintels and crude capitals and bases to imposts, all tooled. Doorways survive to all houses; window intact to No. 148 (all floors) and 146 (upper floors only); window openings altered to Nos 142 and 144 (which are included for group value. Rear with some original window openings; various small C20 extensions. NB No. 148, Cromford Hill, Cromford was listed on the 3rd of November 1986 with the serial number 1/15q. Nos 142-148 now have the serial number 1/133. ---------------------------------------------------- 1 CROMFORD HILL 1390 (West Side) SK 2856 and 2956 No 148 1/15Q GV II 2. Terrace cottage. Late C18. Gritstone with gritstone dressings. Plain tile roof with single shared red and blue brick gable stack. Single bay, 3 storey. Doorway has flush dressed jambs and lintel, and a C20 half-glazed door. A single 2 light flush mullion window to each floor with C20 casements. Built as part of the millworker's cottages to serve Richard Arkwright's Cromford Mill. Listing NGR: SK2917256379'.