Numbers 23-37 Including The Attached And Associated Back Yard Walls

This is a terrace of eight colliery workers' cottages built around 1891-1894, possibly by Brewill & Baily. The cottages are made 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. A decorative band runs along the first floor, and there is a saw tooth eaves cornice. The cottages are arranged in symmetrical pairs, with each 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, with doorways that have ashlar lintels, panelled doors, and overlights. Above, there are two 2-light cross casements under stop-chamfered ashlar lintels. The pairs also feature gabled dormers with 2-light casements under chamfered ashlar lintels, and the casements have small pane glazing. Attached walls at the rear enclose the back yards. These houses are part of the 'Model Village' created by the Bolsover Colliery Company to accommodate its workforce, designed according to progressive Garden Suburb principles.