Description

SK 4671
16/83

TOWN OF OLD BOLSOVER
NEW BOLSOVER
Nos 40-54 (even) including the attached and associated back yard walls

(Formerly listed as Nos 40-54 (even))

GV II

Terrace of eight colliery workers cottages. c1891-4, possibly by Brewill & Baily.
Red brick with some ashlar dressings. Welsh slate roof with decorative ridge
cresting. Brick ridge stacks. Two storeys and attics. Decorative first floor
band, and saw tooth eaves cornice. Treated as symmetrical pairs, each pair
stepped slightly up the hill side, expressed in the roof levels. Each pair has
two 3-light casement windows in ashlar surrounds, flanked by doorways with
ashlar lintels, panelled doors and overlights. Two 2-light cross casements above,
under stop chamfered ashlar lintels. Pair of gabled dormers above again with 2-
light casements under chamfered ashlar lintels. Casements have small pane
glazing. Walls attached to rear, enclosing back yards. The houses form part of
the 'Model Village' built by the Bolsover Colliery Company to house its workforce,
following enlightened Garden Suburb principles of planning and design.

Listing NGR: SK4656770406

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26620031

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