Listed Building record MDR6641 - Bank Cottages, Nos. 1-3 Besom Lane (The 1781 Cottages), Hathersage

Bank Cottages, Nos. 1-3 Besom Lane (The 1781 Cottages), Hathersage, built in 1781. 'A row of stone built cottages with an exterior stone staircase at one end. It was used as a button factory in the 18th century.' (1) 'The building now comprises three cottages. Blocked windows are visible on the 1st and 2nd floors on the two most western cottages. The cottage at the eastern end has no blocked windows and the present windows are larger than those of the other two cottages, possibility of a later addition?. A circular datestone reads T F A 1781.' (2) Photographic record. (3-4) From the National Heritage List for England: 'SK 23 81 PARISH OF HATHERSAGE BESOM LANE 6/19 The 1781 Cottages II Former workshop, now a row of cottages. Dated 1781. Coursed rubble gritstone with plain gables, intermediate and end stone ridge stacks and a stone slated roof. Two storeys and attics, three bays, with 3- and 3-light casements, some C20, all with glazing bars, beneath rough, flat arches without keyblocks. Blocked openings to first and attic floors to south west part and to south west gable. Three doorways with plain planked doors. Offshuts added to rear elevations, with heavy chamfered stone surrounds to 1 and 2-light windows. Listing NGR: SK2313481581.' (5)