Listed Building record MDR5789 - Cinder Cottage and Ye Olde Cinder House, Nos. 71-73 Station Road, West Hallam

Cinder Cottage and Ye Olde Cinder House, Nos. 71-73 Station Road, West Hallam, built in 1833. 'Nos. 71 and 73 Station Road, West Hallam. Building constructed of shale and cinders, divided into two cottages. Built by Francis Newdigate, Squire, in 1833. The Newdigates were lords of the manor of West Hallam. The cinders used in the building were obtained by burning clay at the brickyard excavated on the north side of High Lane West (field no. 65 on the 1914 OS map).' (1) 'Cinder Cottage, Station Road, West Hallam. A house built of cinders (blast furnace slag), with stone quoins. The initials FN (Francis Newdigate) and the date 1833 appear on a gable. The source of the cinder is uncertain as the Dale furnace had been blown out before 1805 and no other local ironworks was in production before 1845.' (2) 'Once thought to have been built of cinders (blast furnace slag) with stone quoins.' (3) From the National Heritage List for England: 'PARISH OF WEST HALLAM STATION ROAD SK 44 SW 2/105 (West Side) Nos 71 & 73 (Ye Olde Cinder House & Cinder Cottage) II Pair of estate cottages. 1833. Brick faced in cinder or clinker. Stone dressings. C20 cement tile roof. Diamond plan brick ridge stack, plain brick ridge stack and a diamond plan lateral stack. Two storeys. Unequal T-plan. Rock-faced stone quoins. The south elevation has a projecting gabled bay to the left, with a 3-light gothic window to the ground floor and a similar 2-light window above. In the gable, in orange cinder, the initials EN and the date 1833. Bargeboarded gable with finials. to the right a 3-light gothic window and a C20 gabled porch with timber cladding and gothic door. To the right again, a 2-light gothic window. One 2-light window above, in a gabled dormer. Most of the windows are deeply set, with tooled stone surrounds. The gable end east elevation has one similar 2-light window. Listing NGR: SK4246441600.' (4)