Description

SK 38/3925 PARISH OF MELBOURNE BLANCH CROFT
6/46 (East Side)
18.2.71 Nos 43 to 57 (odd)
II
Terrace of eight cottages. 1795, built for the Sick Club, with
later alterations. Red brick with shallow pitched slate roofs,
plus brick gable and ridge stacks and dentilled eaves band.
Each cottage has three storeys and a single bay. They step
downwards in pairs from Nos 55 and 57 at the south end. Each
cottage in this southern pair has a C20 glazed door to north
side of a 3-light window with C20 casements, and two similar
windows above. Nos 53 and 51 to north each have similar doors
to south side of 2-light windows with C20 casements. Above No
53 has two more 2-light windows and No 51 has two 3-light
windows, all with C20 casements. Beyond to north there is a
semi-circular headed blocked doorcase, now filled by a small
paned fixed window and a small semi-circular headed niche above
with a slate plaque inscribed 'Sick Club Buildings No VIII.
Erected MDCCXCV'. Nos 49 and 47 to north have 3-light casement
windows to north side of C20 doors and similar 3-light windows
above to each floor. Nos 43 and 45 have been made into one
house and have 2-light windows to north side of C20 glazed doors
and 2-light C20 casement windows above to each floor. All
openings to ground and first floors have segment heads except
the doorcases to Nos 43, 45, 51, 53, 55 and 57. Each cottage
has a small workshop to rear with stone rubble ground floor and
brick storey above with 2-light horizontal sliding sash, reduced
from 4-light window.

Listing NGR: SK3850425233

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26499467

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