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Building record MDR9484 - Plate-layers hut, Hopton Top, Cromford & High Peak Railway

Type and Period (1)

  • (Built, Georgian to Mid 20th Century - 1830 AD? to 1965 AD? (approximately))

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

Plate-layer's hut. Small red brick built building, approximately 3.5m x 2.5m and 3m high. Pitched blue slate roof. The structure has an exterior chimney stack.

Sources/Archives (7)

  • <1> Archive: Jessop, O. 2003. Cromford & High Peak Railway and Peak Forest Tramway Survey. ARCUS 738b. Feature number: 140.
  • <2> Photograph: ARCUS. 2003. Cromford & High Peak Railway and Peak Forest Tramway Survey, Project 738b. Digital photograph. 202.
  • <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.13.
  • <5> Bibliographic reference: Coleford, I C. 1996. The Cromford and High Peak Railway. p. 23.
  • <6> Bibliographic reference: Jones, N & Bentley, M. 2000. 'Onwards to Cromford and High Peak Junction', Scenes from the Past, 37. p. 13, 15.
  • <7> Bibliographic reference: Nicholson, C P & Barnes, P. 1975. Railways in the Peak District. P. 17.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 25279 54646 (4m by 4m) (Approximate)
Civil Parish HOPTON, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • EDR1790
  • EDR5161

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2020 11:10AM

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