Listed Building record MDR3538 - Bridge Cottage, Baslow Road, Bakewell

Bridge Cottage, Baslow Road, Bakewell, possibly a late 17th or mid-18th century building. 'Late 17th to early 18th century stone house with a rendered façade with and stone slate roof. This has coped gable ends with kneelers and an off-centre chimney, with two additional chimneys at the back. The building is of two storeys, with three windows with plain stone architraves and stone mullions. There is a similar one storey extension to the north.' (1) 'This was an inn, The Sign of the Talbot, which closed in 1817. The earliest named inn in Bakewell, The Black Horse, was situated at Bridge Foot in 1669, and is probably this site.' (2) From the National Heritage List for England: 'BAKEWELL SK2168 BASLOW ROAD 831-1/4/12 (East side) 20/05/74 Bridge Cottage II House. Mid C18. Roughcast with ashlar sandstone dressings; side wing in coursed sandstone; stone slate roofs. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 3-window range with single-storey, 2-window range side wing on left. Square-faced 2-light mullioned windows with 6 and 8-pane wooden casements. Main house: doorway to left of centre has door of 4 vertical panels pierced by lozenge-shaped lights; painted stone surround with wooden cornice on shaped brackets. Shaped kneelers and ashlar gable copings; rock-faced stone ridge stack to right of centre. Side wing in same style has coped end gable and central ridge stack. Right return: C19 ashlar canted bay window to ground floor has sashes with glazing bars. INTERIOR: not inspected. Listing NGR: SK2199968702.' (3)