Description

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SK 2856/2956
1/118

CROMFORD
CROMFORD HILL
Nos 20-24 (even)

GV
II

Three (originally four) cottages in a row. Early C19 (marked on 1841 Tithe Map) with a later-C19 extension to right. Coursed rubble; Welsh slate roofs. Two storeys; three red and black bridge ridge stacks.

No. 20 (with later extension, see vertical masonry joint) forms a three-window range overall, with door to extension; regular fenestration, the ground-floor windows under large rectangular lintels. Four symmetrically placed sash windows to right end wall.

No. 22, double-fronted symmetrical two-window range with raised panel double door. No. 24 with blocked door to right. Horned sashes to Nos 20 and 24, hornless to No. 22; small extensions to rear.

Although not part of the original Arkwright houses development this row makes an important contribution to the townscape situated opposite the entrance to North Street.

Listing NGR: SK2938256794

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26541092

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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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 GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings