Description

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

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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

• Wikidata Q26537229

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