Description

SK 4671
16/105

TOWN OF OLD BOLSOVER
NEW BOLSOVER
Nos 207-221 (odd) including the attached and associated back yard walls

(Formerly listed as Nos 207-221 (odd))

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. 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: SK4644670215

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26653165

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)