7, BLANCH CROFT
7, BLANCH CROFT
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1140133
- Date first listed:
- 22-Apr-1994
- List Entry Name:
- 7, BLANCH CROFT
- Statutory Address:
- 7, BLANCH CROFT
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1140133
- Date first listed:
- 22-Apr-1994
- List Entry Name:
- 7, BLANCH CROFT
- Statutory Address 1:
- 7, BLANCH CROFT
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- 7, BLANCH CROFT
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Derbyshire
- District:
- South Derbyshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Melbourne
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 38562 25319
Details
The following shall be added: SK 3825 MELBOURNE BLANCH CROFT (south east side) 1059- /6/10001 No.7 II House and textile workshop, empty at time of inspection. Circa 1800, with minor C19 alterations. Red brick with a slated roof and gable stacks. One and a half bays deep, with first floor frame shop above ground floor service room in half bay to street frontage. North-west elevation; 2 storeys 2 bays with combined door and window opening to south-west below shallow segmental brick arch. C20 6-panel door and window frame. To the right, a 2-light horizontal sliding sash window, each light of 12 panes below a segmental brick arch. To the left, a plain planked door gives access to a separate, but integral store, possibly formerly heated. First floor frame shop window, once continuous, now divided into 3, 3 light windows, each light of 4 panes, the central light opening. Brickwork blocking subdivides the former single opening. Above openings, a dog-toothed eaves course. Rear elevation; off-centre doorway below segmental arch, with 4-panel door, the upper panels now glazed. Stacked 2-light windows, each light of 4 panes flank the doorway. These frames incorporate single opening hopper lights, and are modified earlier frames. Ground floor openings have wedge lintels with integral advanced keyblocks, those above are set within plain surrounds below a dog-toothed eaves course.Interior; rear doorway leads to shallow lobby at the foot of stairway made extra wide to serve as the access to the frame shop. Flanking ground floor rooms retain many early features, including panelled cupboard doors with original ironmongery, skirtings and dado rails. One room retains a C19 hearth with grate and cornice mantleshelf. The 2 chambers above retain their hearths, and although the former frame shop has now been subdivided, its former extent may be clearly seen. Other items of interest include 2 ledged and braced doors, and 2, 2 panel doors, all in pegged surrounds. The building is a near-complete example of the textile outworkshop as an integral component of the dwelling-house in an expanding settlement upon which the textile industry was having a significant impact circa 1800.
Listing NGR: SK3856225319
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 352058
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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