Description

The following building shall be added:-

WIRKSWORTH

SK2854 NORTH END
(East side)
812- /1/10004
No.42
Durham House and attached
former shop

II

Town house and attached workshop and shop. c1800, with later alterations. Rubble stone
and brick with ashlar dressings, and hipped slate roofs. 5 brick wall stacks. Ashlar plinth,
all windows have flush ashlar lintels. Main 3 storey, 3 window front has central painted
ashlar door surround with pilasters and flat hood, plus an original 6-panel door, with
glazed top panels. Eitherside a single 16-pane sash. Above a central 16-pane fixed light
flanked by similar sashes. Above again two 12-pane sashes. Street front has 3 storey
section to right with an off-centre doorway with painted, plain pilaster surround and
original 6-panel door. To the left a single 16-pane sash to the lower floors, and a 12-pane
sash to the top floor. To the left a 2 storey shop with a plank door and a small shop
window with painted surround and above a single 20-pane casement. Rendered north
front has a single 3-light glazing bar casement under a segmental head, and above a 2-light
casement and a 12-pane fixed light. Rubble stone east front has quoins and most windows
have flush ashlar surrounds. The 3 storey wing has a glazing bar sash to each floor, and
the 2 storey wing has an unusual 2-light lattice window to the former workshop and a
glazing bar sash above. Interior; retains a main stick baluster staircase, and a wooden
winder back staircase. It also retains almost all of its original doors and various original
fireplaces some with their original basket grates. The back parlour retains its original
range, and the kitchen retains a late Victorian range.

Listing NGR: SK2882154217

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26537229

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)