Listed Building record MDR16286 - Nos. 54-76, The Hill, Cromford

Nos. 54-76, The Hill, Cromford, 1780s, late 1800s, C20 alterations From the National Heritage List for England: '1. CROMFORD HILL 1390 CROMFORD No. 54-76 (even) SK 2856/2956 1/120 II GV 2. Row of eleven houses. Built 1780s in a single phase for Richard Arkwright to accommodate workers for his textile mills. Coursed rubble; tiled roofs. The row rises up Cromford Hill under five roof lines. All of Arkwright phase I plan, originally single unit with rear services under catslide; 3 storeys, side stairs against end of party walls behind or to one side of front entrance; 2-bay front elevations, the entrance bays with no windows above, the other with 2-light stone- mullioned windows to all floors; doorways with substantial rectangular lintels and crude'capitals and bases to imposts, all tooled. Ridge stacks, originally stone, now all red and black brick. The doorways survive intact to all except Nos 62 (where lintel cut); minor alterations to Nos 56 and 76. Window surrounds and mullions intact to all except Nos 62, 74 and 76 (mullions gone, surround surviving). C20 windows (all, except No. 62, casements) and doors (mostly glazed or half-glazed) throughout. Rear with some later lean-tos, but with several original window surrounds. NB Nos 58, 60, 64, 66, 68, 70 and 72 Cromford Hill, Cromford were individually listed on the 3rd November 1986 with serial numbers 1/15A-1/15F respectively. The entire row now has the serial number 1/120. ------------------------------------------ 1. CROMFORD HILL 1390 (West Side) SK 2856 and 2956 No 58 1/15A GV II 2. Terrace cottage. Late C18. Gritstone with gritstone dressings. Plain tile roof with single shared red and blue brick gable stack. Single bay, 3 storey. Doorway has flush dressed jambs and lintel and a C20 half-glazed door. A single 2 light flush mullion window to each floor with C20 casements. Built as part of the mill- workers'cottages to serve Richard Arkwright's Cromford Mill. 1. CROMFORD HILL 1390 (West Side) SK 2856 and 2956 No 60 1/15B GV II 2. Terrace cottage. Late C18. Gritstone with gritstone dressings. Plain tile roof with single shared red and blue brick gable stack. Single bay, 3 storey. Doorway has flush dressed jambs and lintel and C20 glazed door. A single 2 light flush mullion window to each floor with C20 casements. Built as part of the millworkers' cottages to serve Richard Arkwright's Cromford Mill. 1. CROMFORD HILL 1390 (West Side) SK 2856 and 2956 No 64 1/15C GV II 2. Terrace cottage. Late C18. Gritstone with gritstone dressings. Plain tile roof with single shared red and blue brick gable stack. Single bay, 3 storey. Doorway has flush dressed jambs and lintel and C20 half-glazed door. A single 2 light flush mullion window to each storey with C19 casements. Built as part of the millworkers' cottages to serve Richard Arkwright's Cromford Mill. 1. CROMFORD HILL 1390 (West Side) SK 2856 and 2956 No 66 1/15D GV II 2. Terrace cottage. Late C18. Gritstone with gritstone dressings. Plain tile roof with single shared red and blue brick gable stack. Single bay, 3 storey. Doorway has flush dressed jambs and lintel and C20 glazed door. A single 2 light flush mullion window to each storey with C20 casements. Built as part of the millworkers' cottages to serve Richard Arkwright's Cromford Mill. 1. CROMFORD HILL 1390 (West Side) SK 2856 and 2956 No 68 1/15E GV II 2. Terrace cottage. Late C18. Gritstone with gritstone dressings. Plain tile roof with single shared red and blue brick gable stack. Single bay, 3 storey. Doorway has flush dressed jambs and lintel and a half-glazed C20 door. A single 2 light flush mullion window to each floor with C20 casements. Built as part of the millworkers' cottages to serve Richard Arkwright's Cromford Mill. 1. CROMFORD HILL 1390 (West Side) SK 2856 and 2956 No 70 1/15F GV II 2. Terrace cottage. Late C18. Gritstone with gritstone dressings. Plain tile roof with single shared red and blue brick gable stack. Single bay, 3 storey. Doorway has flush dressed jambs and lintel and glazed C20 door. A single 2 light flush mullion window to each floor with C20 casements. Built as part of the millworkers' cottages to serve Richard Arkwright's Cromford Mill. 1. CROMFORD HILL 1390 (West Side) SK 2856 and 2956 No 72 1/15G GV II 2. Terrace cottage. Late C18. Gritstone with gritstone dressings. Plain tile roof with single shared red and blue brick gable stack. Single bay, 3 storey. Doorway has flush dressed jambs and lintel, and an C18 eight panel door. A single 2 light flush mullion window to each floor with C20 casements. Built as part of the millworkers cottages to serve Richard Arkwright's Cromford Mill. Listing NGR: SK2927956566. (1)