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Diocesan Training College

March 3, 2019

by Hertes of England

Diocesan Training College

The Diocesan Training College, Uttoxeter New Road, Derby, is a 19th Century, Grade II listed,…

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Welcome to the Hertes of England historic building resource. We specialise in exploring the traditional buildings and vernacular architecture of the English Midlands. From timber-framed cottages to Victorian town houses and factories, we investigate a range of historic buildings and the skills, techniques and crafts that were used to create them.

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  • John Speed "Therein groweth a stone softer than Alablaster, but being burnt maketh a Plaister harder than..."

    John Speed
  • Sidney R. Jones "One only has to travel over the mountains and moors of Lancashire, Yorkshire and Derbyshire..."

    Sidney R. Jones
  • Martin Heidegger "Whoever builds a house or a ship or forges a sacrificial chalice reveals what is..."

    Martin Heidegger
  • Carole Ryan "Vernacular building tradition is one based upon time-immeriorial building techniques and the use of materials,..."

    Carole Ryan

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Diapering inside diapering on this 16th Century st Diapering inside diapering on this 16th Century stack at Little Moreton Hall, Cheshire.
Our interest in the region’s Georgian Gothick st Our interest in the region’s Georgian Gothick structures continues unabated. This is the church of St John the Evangelist on the corner of Bridge Street and Mill Street in Derby. It was built as a Commissioners’ church in 1826 by Francis Goodwin to provide a space of worship for the growing population to the west of the city. Perpendicular in design, it features a wide range of gothic details and motifs including turreted towers (which were originally topped with cupolas), castellations, battlements and cast-iron tracery. It currently possesses a Grade II* designation. #heritage #derbyshire #georgian #gothic
At the northern extremities of Nottinghamshire is At the northern extremities of Nottinghamshire is the Welbeck Estate, which is the home of Welbeck Abbey and many other significant historic buildings. In the mid 19th Century, the 5th Duke of Portland embarked on a unique building programme across the estate that produced some of the most valued agricultural assets in the county. The Holbeck Riding School was completed in 1869 and was the second of the estate’s extremely important quadrangle plan stable blocks. Built with ashlar stone and cast-iron over two storeys, this structure, now used as a warehouse, comprises of 19 bays on the north and south elevations with projected central and outer bays that are symmetrically flanked by blind rusticated arches. It currently possesses a Grade II* designation. #heritage #welbeck #nottinghamshire
In the heart of Derbyshire is the village of Cromf In the heart of Derbyshire is the village of Cromford where Richard Arkwright set up the world’s first water powered cotton mill (currently designated as a WHS). The two North Street terraces were built by Arkwright (1777) to house his workers and is thought to be the first planned industrial housing scheme anywhere in the world. Fashioned from the local gritstone, they included many significant architectural details, such as dressed stone door surrounds and sash leaded lights. However, their main architectural feature was a large studio window in the third storey attic, which was an open plan space designed as a weaver’s workshop to house framework knitting machines. #heritage #conservation #worldheritagesite #derbyshire #thelandmarktrust
This relatively unique building is the last remain This relatively unique building is the last remaining structure on the site that was once Josiah Wedgwood’s Etruria pottery factory near Hanley in Stoke-on-Trent. Situated on the embankment of the Trent & Mersey Canal, it was most likely built as a counting house for the import and export of materials and goods to and from the factory site. Known locally as ‘The Roundhouse’ it was constructed in the mid 18th Century on a circular plan over two-storeys and utilises a series of portal window openings (Oculi) from which the ‘comings and goings’ of the canal could be overlooked. It currently possesses a Grade II* designation.
The Midland Railway Company was one of the most im The Midland Railway Company was one of the most important commercial organisations of the Victorian age. By 1905, from its base in Derby, it had established itself as the most valuable company, by market capitalisation, in England! At around the same time it completed one of its ‘flagship’ stations in the Midlands region. Built to directly compete with Grand Central Railway’s Victoria Station on the other side of the city, Midland Railway Station opened on Carrington Street, Nottingham in 1904, embodying the grandeur and elegance of railway travel during this period. Built in the Neo-Baroque style (and pre-dating the Council House by over two decades) it was designed by AE Lambert and Charles Trubshaw and is predominately constructed of terracotta, red brick and faience with cast iron and barrel vaulted glazed roofs. The station’s frontage bears significant examples of porte-cochere with enriched pediments and heavily rusticated Gibbs surrounds. Along with the station and hotel at St Pancras, it stands as a rare example of the diminishing legacy of a company that was once the most prosperous in the land! It is currently designated as Grade II*. #heritage #industrialheritage #conservation #architecture #railway #neobaroque #terracotta #faience #nottinghamshire
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