Cottages To Rear Of Numbers 53 And 55 Northern Range

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SJ9856NE DERBY STREET 611-1/5/61 (North side (off)) 01/04/87 Cottages to rear of Nos.53 and 55, northern range (Formerly Listed as: DERBY STREET (North side (off)) Cottages at NGR SJ 9856 5656)

GV II

Terrace of 3 silk weavers' cottages, now in use as printing works. Late C18 or early C19. Flemish bond brickwork with blue headers and plain tiled roof. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys to front, 2 storeys to rear; 3-window range, each cottage a single-room plan. Doorways originally to left of 2 left-hand units, and to right in right-hand cottage, but central doorway now blocked. Cambered brick heads to doorways and windows. Lower windows have fixed lights, with horizontally sliding sash or casement windows of 3 and 4 lights. Attic storey windows have been reduced in size, and are now 2-light horizontally sliding sashes or casements; formerly presumably long weavers' lights. Large inserted workshop window in gable wall now partially blocked, suggesting that cottages have had a long history of non-domestic use. INTERIOR: not inspected. The form a group with the adjacent southern terraced cottage row (qv).

Listing NGR: SJ9860956561