Description

1.
5167
SK 3545
5/195

SHAW LANE
(South-West Side)
Milford
Hopping Hill Terrace
Nos 1 to 14 (consec) West Terrace and Nos 15 to 23 (consec) East Terrace

II
GV

2.
Built between 1800 and 1819 by Strutts for their workers. One block of back
to back terraced housing on a steep hillslope at right angles to Shaw Lane.
Coursed stone with slate roof and brick chimneys. Ingenious interlocking
lan the cellars of every other house on each side dug into the hillside. Each
pair of houses occupies an area of only 20 ft x 21 ft.
East Terrace, 3 storeys, West Terrace 2 storeys. One window each, some iron
casements and some sashes remain but much modern glazing, generally in same
spaces. Buttress at north-west end adjoins No 14. Houses approached by stone
walled footpath along each side from Shaw Lane and by steps from Derby Road.
Stone garden walls. Terraced gardens to West Terrace have stone retaining
walls.

Listing NGR: SK3510445453

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26619898

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)