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Listed Building record MDR21400 - No. 85 Green Lane, Outbuilding and Garden Wall, Buxton

Type and Period (3)

  • (Elizabethan to 21st Century - 1600 AD? to 2050 AD)
  • (Elizabethan to 21st Century - 1600 AD? to 2050 AD)
  • (Elizabethan to 21st Century - 1600 AD? to 2050 AD)

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No. 85 Green Lane, outbuilding and garden wall, Buxton, possibly originally a 17th century building. '85 Green Lane, Buxton. Extant 17th century farmstead. The farmstead is of a linear plan. The farmhouse is attached to the agricultural range. The site is located within or in association to a hamlet. All the traditional buildings remain extant.' (1-4) From the National Heritage List for England: 'BUXTON SK0572NW GREEN LANE 616-1/5/112 (South side (off)) No.85 and attached outbuilding and garden walls GV II Farmhouse and attached outbuilding and garden wall. Possibly C17, built c1800, with C19 alterations. Whitewashed rubble, stone slate roof and later brick stacks. 2-unit range and former agricultural building. EXTERIOR: 2 storey. Off-centre doorway with plank door, has blocked doorway to left and 2-light casement beyond. To right a 4-pane casement and beyond plank door to outbuilding. Above left 2 small 2-pane windows. Gable ends are blank. Rear has single window to ground floor. INTERIOR: 2 splay windows, one to rear and one to front of right-hand room. Walls are approximately 70cm thick. The low interior suggests that the building had a floor inserted. Beams to both rooms are narrow and deep, that to the right-hand room has triangular stops. This room also has a stone square headed fireplace with machine tooling to lintel. A straight flight of stairs rises from the left-hand room to the upper rooms which are contained within the roof space. The roof has 2 side purlins and a crude ridge pole, rafters are closely set and frequent. Interior of attached agricultural building: open to roof, crude branches used as rafters and also as "tie beams". SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: dry-stone garden walls attached to front. This and No.87 (qv) are reputed to be the remains of the former independent hamlet of Buxton-le-Grene. Listing NGR: SK0510872508.' (5)

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Digital data: Historic England. 2016. Peak District National Park Historic Farmsteads Project: Digital Dataset.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Historic England. 2016. Peak District National Park Historic Farmsteads Project: Character Statements.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Historic England. 2016. Peak District National Park Historic Farmsteads Project: Project Report.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Historic England. 2016. Peak District National Park Historic Farmsteads Project: Design Guidance.
  • <5> Listed Building File: Historic England. 2011. The National Heritage List for England. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1259242?section=official-list-entry.

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Location

Grid reference SK 05108 72508 (point)
Civil Parish BUXTON, HIGH PEAK, DERBYSHIRE

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  • EDR4255

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Record last edited

Sep 3 2025 4:29PM

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