Listed Building record MDR13165 - The White House, New Road, Darley Abbey, Derby

The White House, New Road, Darley Abbey, Derby, C. 18th The White House on New Road, Darley Abbey, was probably founded on the remains of a medieval stone building. A building is shown in this approximate location on a map of 1708. The house, as shown on a later map of 1811 before it was extended, is built off the walls of three cellars. Today the White House owns the central and northern cellars, which are accessed by a stone staircase founded by a stone wall on either side. The southern cellar is owned by the adjacent house, The Hollies. The walls in the central cellar are built off a stone plinth presently 3 ft high. The northern cellar is not accessible but internal measurements of the ground floor suggest that it was originally a building with a passage or stairway on the south side. The east wall of this cellar is also built off a stone plinth 3 ft high, and a stone north wall can be seen projecting 6 ins above ground level on the north elevation of the house. A preliminary examination made of its interior by passing an endoscope through a grill in the north wall appeared to show decorated plasterwork on its east wall. (1) From The National heriatge List for England: 893/9/199 NEW ROAD 24-FEB-77 DARLEY ABBEY 2 THE WHITE HOUSE GV II Early C19. 2 storey over semi-basement, brick built and stuccoed house with hipped slate roof and service wings to side, built by the Evans family. The street and side elevations are stuccoed with flat pilasters at the corners and sash windows. Abuts No 1 New Road (The Hollies). The front door is set in the side return off Abbey Yard. 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: SK3512238392. (2)