Description

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 14/05/2012

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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26380500

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