Survey Data
Reg No
22803078
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Historical, Social
Original Use
Worker's house
Date
1825 - 1835
Coordinates
246607, 114954
Date Recorded
24/07/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Remain of two groups of terraced rubble stone mill workers' cottages, c.1830. Now in ruins with fragments remaining. Roofs now gone (profile not discernible). Random rubble stone walls (mostly collapsed) with lime mortar, and some shallow segmental-headed vaults (probably originally fireplaces). Openings not discernible. Sited on island with terraces arranged on a shallow V-shaped plan with overgrown grounds to site.
Appraisal
This site is of considerable social and historical significance, comprising the first stage of the planned 'model' industrial village founded by David Malcomson (n. d.). Built as accommodation for workers at the local industrial plant the terraces were subsequently abandoned in favour of the houses comprising the second phase of development, and now survive as overgrown fragments in the landscape.