The Back Shop (On Passage Adjacent to the Bell Inn) is a Grade II listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. Shop.
The Back Shop (On Passage Adjacent to the Bell Inn)
- WRENN ID
- proud-jamb-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Derbyshire Dales
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Shop
- Address
- The Back Shop (On Passage Adjacent to the Bell Inn), DE4 3RF
- OS grid reference
- SK 294 567
- Coordinates
- 53.10712, -1.56215
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Back Shop, located on the passage adjacent to The Bell Inn on Cromford Hill, is a former shop that likely dates back to the early 19th century. It is constructed of coursed sandstone rubble and features a tiled roof. The building has two storeys and probably includes a half basement. There is a boarded door on the right, which has a brick right-hand jamb and a dressed lintel. On the left, there is a casement window with quoined jambs and a dressed lintel. Notably, there are no windows on the first floor. The Back Shop faces a passage on the south side of The Bell Inn and is situated between The Bell Inn and a cottage that forms the rear wing of No 30 North Street. This building is included in the listing for its group value only. It is important to note that The Back Shop is part of the house at the rear of No 47 Cromford Hill, while the remainder is associated with 30 North Street, which was previously listed as part of Nos 30 and 31 North Street.
Local climate
The Back Shop (On Passage Adjacent to the Bell Inn) receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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