Description

Early 19th century. Symmetrical 2-storey and attic 3-bay terraced flatted dwelling. Dry-dashed with painted ashlar dressings. Quoin strips, base course and eaves course; door at centre; 1st floor windows hard under eaves.Plain refurbished rear elevation with modern extensions.Timber sash and case 12-pane windows to front, modern plate glass to rear. Grey slates to front, concrete tiles to rear; ashlar coped skews; brick stacks.

Statement of Interest

B Group with Nos 10-46 (even nos), Mill Square and Nos 4-12 (even nos) Bridge Street.

This cottage forms part of the important planned village of Catrine. It retains much of its external character and is part of the early core of the planned village. The cottage was built on one side of an approach road to a planned square with a cotton mill at its centre. Part of the square and the mill have now been demolished. Together with the other listed buildings in Mill Square and Bridge Street, it forms an important group of former mill workers' cottages and has considerable streetscape value. With the demolition of the mill in 1963, they are important reminders of the once key role the cotton mill played in the village.

The group interest of the cottages is recognised by the inclusion in a B-group..

The village of Catrine was planned around a cotton mill, founded in 1787 by the local laird Claud Alexander in collaboration with David Dale. By the early 19th century, the mill was employing over 1000 people and housed the largest and most powerful water-driven wheels in Great Britain. The mill brought prosperity and employment to the area and the village benefited in many ways, including early gas lighting, free education and cheap housing. During the 20th century, the rise of cheap imports and the popularity of synthetic fabrics meant the mill was no longer economically viable and it closed in the 1950s. It was demolished in 1963.

These houses were refurbished in the 1980s as part of a unified housing scheme

References and Notes updated and B-group revised in 2008.

Notes Updated 2013

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77770216

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)