Building record MDR10310 - 2 Cheapside, Derby
Type and Period (1)
- FRAMEWORK KNITTERS COTTAGE (Georgian - 1750 AD? to 1800 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
Framework Knitting Top-shop, Bold Lane. Two end windows survive of the original second floor long window, infilled with brickwork, on a building on the corner of Cheapside. This is the only known remaining trace in the city of the top-shop/workshops housing 170 or more frames in 1790. More were in the surrounding villages. (1)
No 2 Cheapside is a four-storey building with a parapet and has two later casement windows with keyblocks and channelled lintels; moulded wood eaves, slates. There is a weavers' loft to the Bold Lane elevation. (2)
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SDR19527 Bibliographic reference: Fowkes, D (ed.). 2003. Derbyshire Industrial Archaeology. A Gazetteer of Sites. Part VII. City of Derby.. p 28.
- <2> SDR20402 Unpublished document: Lythe, R (Pre-construct Archaeology). 2007. An Archaeological Desk-based Assessment of Land Fronting Bold Lane and St Mary's Gate, Derby.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SK 35034 36334 (11m by 12m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | DERBY, DERBY, DERBYSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Feb 27 2020 8:40PM