Listed Building record MDR10422 - Nos. 5-10 Darley Street, Derby

Nos. 5-10 Darley Street, Derby, a late 18th or early 19th century terrace. '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 making them very difficult to summarise, and they include listed cottages in Darley Street.' (1) From the National Heritage List for England: 'This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 7 February 2023 to amend the name and address and to reformat the text to current standards 893/9/78 DARLEY ABBEY DARLEY STREET Nos 5, 6, 6A, 7, 8, 9, 9A and 10 (Formerly listed as 10 (Formerly listed as: DARLEY STREET DARLEY ABBEY 5-6) (Formerly listed as: DARLEY STREET DARLEY ABBEY 6A) (Formerly listed as: DARLEY STREET DARLEY ABBEY 7-9) (Formerly listed as: DARLEY STREET DARLEY ABBEY 9A) (Formerly listed as: DARLEY STREET DARLEY ABBEY 10)) 24-FEB-77 GV II Late C18 and early C19. Group of two pairs of two storey and two pairs of three storey brick built cottages with slate roofs. Some timber sash windows and modillion eaves. The two storeyed Nos 6A and 7 and Nos 9A and 10 probably pre-date the Evans family building campaign and were acquired by the family c 1790. The three storeyed Nos 8 and 9 appear to have been built between the older pairs by 1811 while the three storeyed Nos 5 and 6 are later but before 1852. 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: SK3526038440.' (2)