Numbers 88-102 Including The Attached And Associated Back Yard Walls

Numbers 88-102, including the attached and associated back yard walls, are a terrace of eight colliery workers' cottages built around 1891-1894, possibly by Brewill & Baily. The cottages are constructed of red brick with some ashlar dressings and feature a Welsh slate roof with decorative ridge cresting and brick ridge stacks. They are two storeys high with attics, showcasing a decorative first-floor band and a sawtooth eaves cornice. The design treats the cottages as symmetrical pairs, with each double pair slightly stepped up the hillside, which is reflected in the roof levels. Each pair has two 3-light casement windows set in ashlar surrounds, flanked by doorways that have ashlar lintels, panelled doors, and overlights. Above these, there are two 2-light cross casements under stop-chamfered ashlar lintels. The cottages also feature a pair of gabled dormers above with 2-light casements under chamfered ashlar lintels, and the casements have small pane glazing. The walls attached to the rear enclose back yards. These houses are part of the 'Model Village' built by the Bolsover Colliery Company to accommodate its workforce, following progressive Garden Suburb principles of planning and design.