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Latitude: 53.3705 / 53°22'13"N
Longitude: -1.9987 / 1°59'55"W
OS Eastings: 400184
OS Northings: 385959
OS Grid: SK001859
Mapcode National: GBR GYHG.2H
Mapcode Global: WHBB5.8JHY
Entry Name: 117, High Street
Listing Date: 19 September 1977
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1088116
English Heritage Legacy ID: 81835
Location: New Mills, High Peak, Derbyshire, SK22
County: Derbyshire
District: High Peak
Civil Parish: New Mills
Built-Up Area: New Mills
Traditional County: Derbyshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Derbyshire
Church of England Parish: New Mills St George
Church of England Diocese: Derby
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
This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.
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