Numbers 39-53 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, showcasing a decorative first-floor band and a sawtooth eaves cornice. The design treats the cottages as 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 in ashlar surrounds, with doorways that have ashlar lintels, panelled doors, and overlights. Above these, there are two 2-light cross casements under stop-chamfered ashlar lintels. The pairs also feature gabled dormers above, each with 2-light casements under chamfered ashlar lintels, and the casements have small pane glazing. The cottages are attached to walls at the rear that enclose back yards. They are part of the 'Model Village' created by the Bolsover Colliery Company to accommodate its workforce, following progressive Garden Suburb principles of planning and design.