Record Details

NHER Number:26117
Type of record:Building
Name:Railway Cottages, consecutive nos 1 to 5 Hardy Road

Summary

Railway Cottages No 1 to 5 are a terrace of five former railways 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, a slate roof and share three 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.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 24413 07969
Map Sheet:TG20NW
Parish:NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

Full description

April 1982. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description Excerpt:
"Railway Cottages, Consecutive Nos 1 to 5 Hardy Road.
Terrace of Five former railways workers' cottages. Mid 19th century (1847) by Grissell & Peto, builders/architects to the Norfolk Railway Company. Red brick with yellow brick details. Slate roof; three brick ridge chimneys. Single-storey and attic."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
Amended by P. Beers (HES), 09 March 2020.

Monument Types

  • RAILWAY WORKERS COTTAGE (19th Century to 21st Century - 1847 AD to 2100 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status

  • Listed Building

Sources and further reading

---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 1292463.

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