Tap Housing Circa 10 Metres West Of Number 8 is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. Tap housing.
Tap Housing Circa 10 Metres West Of Number 8
- WRENN ID
- grey-lintel-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1987
- Type
- Tap housing
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
MIDDLETON IN TEESDALE NEW TOWN NY 9425 24/121 Tap housing circa 10 metres west of No. 8 II Tap housing. Circa 1827 for London Lead Company. Sandstone ashlar. Stone kerbs in front of plain jambs supporting wider lintel, with pediment-shaped coping set-back slightly, the whole c.0.8 metre high. Stone slab at back of recess has tap set in top; wood backing above. Two iron bars from stone slab to kerb form bucket stand. An example of the care with which the Lead Company provided housing and facilities for its best workers, some thirty years before public water supply was provided by the local authority.
Source: W. Fordyce, History and Antiquities of County Palatine of Durham, 1897, vol. II, p.67. Included for historical interest.
Listing NGR: NY9492125140
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