Listed Building record MDR10421 - Nos. 1-5 Poplar Row, Derby

Nos. 1-5 Poplar Row, Derby, built by 1823. 'Boar's Head Cotton Mill Complex and Associated Housing, Darley Abbey. Thomas Evans began the mill building programme in 1782, and in order to attract an adequate work force to his new enterprise he created a new village, complete with school and other amenities. The Workers Housing: there was no cohesive plan for the housing, they were simply built in random groups at various dates, and include listed cottages on Poplar Row.' (1) From the National Heritage List for England: '893/9/223 POPLAR ROW 24-FEB-77 DARLEY ABBEY 1-5 GV II Early C19. A 3 storey terraced range of mill workers houses built by the Evans family by 1823. Red brick with slate roofs and segmental brick-arched door and window openings, brick header dentil course at eaves. The C18 and C19 houses and schoolrooms in Darley Abbey built or acquired by various generations of the Evans family for their workers are of interest as a group to be compared with the Arkwright settlement at Cromford and the Strutt settlements at Belper and Milford. Listing NGR: SK3525138368.' (2)