Description

SK 45 SW RIPLEY BUTTERLEY HILL
(south side)

4/64 Building to west of gate
house at Butterley Company
Works

GV II

Offices, now lavatory block. Early C19 with later alterations. Coursed squared
stone with stone dressings and hipped Welsh slate roof with projecting eaves band.
Two storeys and four bays. Ground floor has central doorcase, now partly blocked
in brick and with C20 door, flanked to left by three segment headed windows with
stone voussoirs that to centre partly covered by steps, and to right by C20 window
and flight of iron steps up to wide first floor plank door below segmental
voussoired arch. Inserted doorcase with plank door to left to top of other flight
of steps flanked to either side by two short windows below segmental voussoired
arches, with projecting sills. Sills have been considerably raised and windows
filled in below. Butterley Works were founded by Benjamin Outram c1790 to exploit
the coal reserves in the area. Source: Philip Rider 'The Butterley Company 1780-
1830'. Included for group value only.

Listing NGR: SK4014451706

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26619993

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)