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1-19, Betley Street

A Grade II Listed Building in Crewe, Cheshire East

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.097 / 53°5'49"N

Longitude: -2.4432 / 2°26'35"W

OS Eastings: 370416

OS Northings: 355624

OS Grid: SJ704556

Mapcode National: GBR 7X.8T76

Mapcode Global: WH9B5.FFS3

Plus Code: 9C5V3HW4+QP

Entry Name: 1-19, Betley Street

Listing Date: 29 March 1976

Last Amended: 14 June 1984

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1138676

English Heritage Legacy ID: 56682

ID on this website: 101138676

Location: Crewe, Cheshire East, Cheshire, CW1

County: Cheshire East

Civil Parish: Crewe

Built-Up Area: Crewe

Traditional County: Cheshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire

Church of England Parish: Crewe St Andrew

Church of England Diocese: Chester

Tagged with: Terrace of houses

Description


SJ 75 NW FORMER BOROUGH OF CREWE BETLEY STREET

2/38 Nos.l to 19 (odd) [formerly listed as Nos 1 to 23 29.3.76 (odd)]

GV II

Terrace of 10 cottages, circa 1848, by John Cunningham, as part of Engineer Joseph Locke's original layout for the Grand Junction Railway Company; now private dwellings. Brown brick with slate roofs, 2 storeys, 2 bays each off stone plinth. Built handed in pairs, with entrance doors side by side under a single lintel. The original six panel doors are now replaced by multi-panelled doors and slate roofed canopies, supported on shaped timber brackets, have been added. Two-light horizontal sliding sashes, with glazing bars, stone sills and flat chamfered arches at ground and first floor level. There is also a blank window, centrally over each pair of front doors, at first floor level. At the rear there are framed, ledged and battened doors and horizontally sliding sashes. The end gables to the terraces have shaped barge boards. There are four flue party wall stacks and blue tile ridges. Nos.2 to 20 (even) Betley Street, Nos.1 to 19 (odd) and Nos.2 to 20 (even) Dorfold Street, and Nos.l to 9 (consecutive) Tollitt Street (q.q.v.) were built as part of the same development.

Listing NGR: SJ7041655624

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