Record Details

NHER Number:26118
Type of record:Building
Name:Railway Cottages, Consecutive nos 6 to 11 Hardy Road

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 frying yard paved with flint and cobbles. (See also NHER 26092).

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 24442 07956
Map Sheet:TG20NW
Parish:NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

Full description

April 1982. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description Excerpt:
"Railway Cottages, Nos 6 to 11 Hardy Road.
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."
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

  • (Former Type) RAILWAY WORKERS COTTAGE (19th Century to 21st Century - 1847 AD to 2100 AD)
  • HOUSE (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 1051255.

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13571Part of: Norfolk Railway (Yarmouth, Norwich and Brandon) (Monument)

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