NHER 26118 (Building record) - Railway Cottages (consecutive nos 6 to 11), Hardy Road

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Summary

Railway Cottages are a terrace of six former railway workers' cottages built in 1847 by Grissell & Peto, builders/architects to the Norfolk Railway Company. These single storey buildings are of red brick with yellow brick details, and most are rendered. The houses have slate roofs, attics and brick ridge chimneys. This range forms part of a unique group of planned workers' dwellings in Norwich City, arranged around a roughly triangular common drying yard paved with flint and cobbles. (see also NHER 26092).

Protected Status/Designation

Location

Map sheet TG20NW
Civil Parish NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

Map

April 1982. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"Terrace of six former railway workers' cottages. Mid 19th century (1847) by Grissell & Peto, builders/architects to the Norfolk Railway Company. Red brick with yellow brick details, mostly rendered. Slate roof; brick ridge chimneys. Single-storey and attic; 12-window range; end units set forward...Gabled half-dormers. Single-storey lean-to extension to left. This range forms part of a unique group of planned workers' dwellings in Norwich City, arranged around a roughly triangular common drying yard paved with flint and cobbles..."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
Amended by P. Beers (HES), 9 March 2020 and P. Watkins (HES), 31 January 2024.

  • --- Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 341.
  • <S1> Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1051255.

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Record last edited

Jan 31 2024 9:38AM

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