Building record MDR10368 - Ladygrove Cottages, Osmaston Road, Derby
Type and Period (2)
- WORKERS COTTAGE (Victorian - 1879 AD to 1879 AD)
- TERRACE (Victorian - 1879 AD to 1879 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
Royal Crown Derby, Osmaston Road. A terrace of ten brick two storey houses with dentil eaves, slate roofs, stone sills and heads, sash windows and bold corbelled chimney stacks. Built in the 1890s by Royal Crown Derby for its workers. Only two houses occupied in July 2002. (1)
Cottages built circa 1879 at right angles to Osmaston Road, for the work force of the adjacent porcelain works, then Derby China Works. Two storey red brick terrace with slate roofs and some remaining two-over-two sliding sash windows. Eaves course dentilled and corbelled. Plain gables. Chimneys with oversailing courses. Rear access via a lane, where a number of gate piers retain their moulded stone caps. (2)
The 1st edition 25" Ordnance Survey map of c. 1880 shows a terrace of 14 houses situated at right-angles to Osmaston Road. (3)
Modern maps show numbers 11-14 are no longer extant. (4)
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SDR19527 Bibliographic reference: Fowkes, D (ed.). 2003. Derbyshire Industrial Archaeology. A Gazetteer of Sites. Part VII. City of Derby.. p 48.
- <2> SDR21254 Bibliographic reference: Derby City Council. 2010. City of Derby Local List. p 25.
- <3> SDR18789 Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 1882. OS County Series, 1st edition, scale 1:2500 (c. 25" to one mile).
- <4> SDR20816 Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). Current Mastermap and 1:10000 series.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SK 35755 35083 (54m by 66m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | DERBY, DERBY, DERBYSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Jun 26 2013 2:08PM