117, High Street

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SK 0085 1/71 5172

NEW MILLS HIGH STREET (West Side) No 117

(Formerly listed as No 111)

GV II

Earlier origins, altered mid C19. 2 storeys in coursed stone. 2 windows with lintels to 1st floor and 1 to ground floor. Doorway altered mid C19 with stone pilasters and cornice which curves up to human gothic mask, brought from elsewhere, below cill of 1st floor window. Door of 4 panels. Right hand build is penticed, with a door below a window surmounted by a human gothic mask and a section of coping. Plaque reads:- A Drunkard's Reform. A working man a teetotaller for 10 years, who was formerly a notorious drinker and a notorious poacher has recently invested his sober earnings in the purchase of the town prison, which he has converted into a comfortable dwelling house. Frequently an innate of the prison whilst a drunkard and a poacher, he is now owner of the whole and occupier of the premises. Thomas Handford AD 1854.

Listing NGR: SK0018485959