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Building record MDR9359 - Engine Drivers Mess Room, High Peak Junction, Cromford & High Peak Railway

Type and Period (1)

  • (Hanoverian to Victorian - 1831 AD to 1900 AD)

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Full Description

Building measuring 4m x 3m constructed of mortared, dressed gritstone blocks laid in courses. A slate roof slopes north to south and there is a chimney on the north side. There is a door and window on the south elevation, with large lintels in a linear pattern surrounding them. The north-east corner of the building is chamfered to make room for trains to turn into the main workshop. (1)

Sources/Archives (10)

  • <1> Archive: Jessop, O. 2003. Cromford & High Peak Railway and Peak Forest Tramway Survey. ARCUS 738b. Feature number: 21.
  • <2> Photograph: ARCUS. 2003. Cromford & High Peak Railway and Peak Forest Tramway Survey, Project 738b. Digital photograph. 26-27.
  • <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). XXXIV.11.
  • <5> Map: Ordnance Survey (OS). 2002. OS Explorer 0L24 (2002).
  • <6> Bibliographic reference: Rimmer, A. 1998. The Cromford and High Peak Railway. p. 23-25, 101.
  • <7> Bibliographic reference: Blakemore, M & Mosley, D. 2003. Railways of the Peak District. p. 48.
  • <8> Bibliographic reference: Jones, N & Bentley, M. 2000. 'Onwards to Cromford and High Peak Junction', Scenes from the Past, 37. p. 70, 72-75, 79, 81-83, 85-87.
  • <9> Bibliographic reference: Coleford, I C. 1996. The Cromford and High Peak Railway. p.11.
  • <10> Bibliographic reference: Marshall, J. 1996. The Cromford & High Peak Railway. p. 46, 85.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SK 3135 5598 (11m by 4m) (Approximate)
Civil Parish CROMFORD, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE
World Heritage Site Derwent Valley Mills

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • EDR1790
  • EDR3878

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Record last edited

Nov 12 2015 3:18PM

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