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Listed Building record MDR9306 - Canal Cottage and Former Stable, Canal Street, Whaley Bridge

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Canal Cottage and former stable, Canal Street, Whaley Bridge, an early 19th century building. Maps and photographs show some of the present day buildings around the former Whaley Bridge Wharf to be contemporary with the Cromford & High Peak Railway. One of these is the Canal Cottage, a grade II listed building, which has a former stable block to the east. (1) From the National Heritage List for England: 'WHALEY BRIDGE CANAL STREET 1. 5172 (South Side) Canal Cottage and attached former SK 0181 1/57 6.12.76. Stable Block II GV 2. The Canal Cottage has early C19 features. 2 storeys in coursed stone, painted, with Welsh slate roof. 3 windows, stone lintels, hung sashes with glazing bars, on 2 floors. 2 doors of 4 fielded panels, rectangular fanlights in stone surrounds. The former stable block to the East is of 2 storeys in coursed stone with 2 window openings above 2 carriage doors. These stables were also associated with the Cromford and High Peak Railway. Listing NGR: SK0118481576.' (9)

Sources/Archives (9)

  • <1> Archive: Jessop, O. 2003. Cromford & High Peak Railway and Peak Forest Tramway Survey. ARCUS 738b. Feature number: 385.
  • <2> Photograph: ARCUS. 2003. Cromford & High Peak Railway and Peak Forest Tramway Survey, Project 738b. Digital photograph. 519-521.
  • <3> Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 2003. OS Landline (2003) from EDINA Digimap. 1:2000.
  • <4> Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 1882. OS County Series, 1st edition, scale 1:2500 (c. 25" to one mile). VIII.11.
  • <5> Map: OS. 2002. OS Explorer OL1 (2002).
  • <6> Bibliographic reference: Rimmer, A. 1998. The Cromford and High Peak Railway. 62.
  • <7> Bibliographic reference: Jones, N & Bentley, M. 2000. Scenes from the Past: 37 (Part One) Railways of the High Peak. 'Whaley Bridge to Friden'. 9.
  • <8> Bibliographic reference: Marshall, J. 1996. The Cromford & High Peak Railway. 16.
  • <9> Listed Building File: Historic England. 2011. The National Heritage List for England. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1088080?section=official-list-entry.

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Location

Grid reference SK 01184 81576 (point)
Civil Parish WHALEY BRIDGE, HIGH PEAK, DERBYSHIRE

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Mar 17 2026 5:56PM

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