Listed Building record MDR16293 - Nos. 124-128 Cromford Hill, Cromford
Type and Period (2)
- HOUSE (Victorian to 21st Century - 1900 AD? to 2050 AD)
- WORKERS COTTAGE (Georgian to Victorian - 1780 AD? to 1900 AD?)
Protected Status/Designation
Full Description
Nos. 124-128 Cromford Hill, Cromford, built in the 1780s.
From the National Heritage List for England:
'1. CROMFORD HILL 1390 CROMFORD
Nos 124-128 (even) SK 2856/2956 1/128
II GV
2. Two (formerly three) houses. Built 1780s for Richard Arkwright to accommodate workers for his textile mills. Coursed rubble; tiled roofs; two red and black brick ridge stacks, the plan of Nos 124 and 126 (which are of three storeys) of Arkwright phase I type: single unit with rear services under catslide; side stairs against end and party walls behind and to one side of front entrance; 2-bay front elevations, the entrance bay with no windows above, the other with 2-light stone mullioned windows (which survive intact only to the upper floors of No. 126; surrounds intact to No. 128 but altered to No. 126 at ground floor level); doorways with substantial rectangular lintels and crude capitals and bases to imposts, all tooled intact to all three houses. No. 128 is of two storeys, 2-light mullioned window to first floor only, the ground-floor window opening altered. Although sharing similar decorative features with the other two, No. 128 is later (see vertical masonry joint). Renewed casements throughout; doors: glazed C20 to No. 124, planked C19 to others. Tie rod ends visible to fronts of Nos 124 and 126.
Listing NGR: SK2919556436.'
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Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SDR19551 Listed Building File: Historic England. 2011. The National Heritage List for England. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1249058?section=official-list-entry.
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Location
Grid reference | SK 29195 56436 (point) |
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Civil Parish | CROMFORD, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Sep 5 2025 9:46PM