Description

SJ 75 NW FORMER BOROUGH OF CREWE BETLEY STREET

2/39 Nos.2 to 20 (even)
[formerly listed as Nos 2 to 24
(even)]
29.3.76

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.l to 19 (odd) 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: SJ7043455623

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26429468

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas