Listed buildings in Crich

Crich is a civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. The parish contains 52 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, one is at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the villages of Crich, Fritchley, Whatstandwell, and Wheatcroft, and the surrounding countryside. Most of the listed buildings are houses, cottages and associated structures, farmhouses and farm buildings. In the parish is the National Tramway Museum, and a number of structures that have been moved from other sites to the museum are listed. The other listed buildings include churches and chapels, a bridge over the Cromford Canal and a road bridge over the River Derwent, public houses, buildings associated with tramways, a milepost, a village cross, a memorial tower, and a village telephone kiosk.

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Buildings

Name and location	Photograph	Date	Notes	Grade
St Mary's Church 53°05′17″N 1°28′55″W / 53.08805°N 1.48189°W / 53.08805; -1.48189 (St Mary's Church)		12th century	The church has been expanded and altered through the centuries, and was embattled parapets.[2][3]	I
Old Farm 53°04′19″N 1°28′02″W / 53.07202°N 1.46710°W / 53.07202; -1.46710 (Old Farm)	—	Late 16th century	The house, originally a farmhouse, is in lintel soffits. Some windows are mullioned, some have been altered and some are casements.[4]	II
Cruck barn, Beech Farm 53°06′49″N 1°28′42″W / 53.11369°N 1.47838°W / 53.11369; -1.47838 (Cruck barn, Beech Farm)	—	17th century	The barn is in quoins at the north end, and a tile roof with stone slate eaves. There is a single storey and three bays, and the barn contains two doorways, one blocked, and a fixed window. Inside there are three cruck trusses.[5][6]	II
Cottage and barn east of Church Farmhouse 53°04′22″N 1°28′06″W / 53.07265°N 1.46842°W / 53.07265; -1.46842 (Cottage and barn east of Church Farmhouse)	—	17th century	The barn and the cottage attached to the right are in quoins and tile roofs. The cottage has two storeys and one bay, and contains two mullioned windows and a casement window. The barn has a single storey and three bays, and contains the remains of two cruck trusses.[7]	II
Hollins Farmhouse 53°06′01″N 1°28′20″W / 53.10034°N 1.47214°W / 53.10034; -1.47214 (Hollins Farmhouse)	—	17th century	The farmhouse, which possibly has an earlier core, was refashioned in the late 18th century. It is in lintel, and the windows on the front are sashes. Elsewhere, are single-light and mullioned windows.[8]	II
Cruck barn, Lindway Lane Farm 53°07′14″N 1°28′30″W / 53.12052°N 1.47508°W / 53.12052; -1.47508 (Cruck barn, Lindway Lane Farm)	—	17th century or earlier	The barn is in gritstone with a tile roof, four bays, and buttresses at the south end. It contains two doorways with stable doors. Inside there are three cruck trusses.[9]	II
Benthill 53°05′06″N 1°29′39″W / 53.08511°N 1.49427°W / 53.08511; -1.49427 (Benthill)	—	Early 18th century	A farmhouse in lintels. Some of the windows are mullioned, and others are sashes.[10]	II
Plaistow Grange Farmhouse 53°06′08″N 1°29′04″W / 53.10226°N 1.48437°W / 53.10226; -1.48437 (Plaistow Grange Farmhouse)	—	Early 18th century	The farmhouse, which possibly has an earlier core, is in lintel, and the windows are mullioned.[11]	II
The Mansion House and outbuilding 53°05′04″N 1°28′44″W / 53.08434°N 1.47889°W / 53.08434; -1.47889 (The Mansion House and outbuilding)		Early 18th century	The house is in moulded kneelers. There are two storeys and attics, three bays, and a long two-storey cross wing at the rear. The doorway has a plain surround, to its right is a two-light mullioned window with Gothic glazing, most of the other windows have been altered, and in the attic are three gabled dormers. To the west is a former barn with slit vents.[12]	II
The Mount 53°05′07″N 1°28′43″W / 53.08541°N 1.47864°W / 53.08541; -1.47864 (The Mount)	—	Early 18th century	The house, which contains elements of an earlier house, is in cross windows, those in the top floor raised to form flat-roofed dormers.[13]	II
Bower House 53°04′39″N 1°28′39″W / 53.07739°N 1.47737°W / 53.07739; -1.47737 (Bower House)	—	Mid 18th century	A lintel and jambs, and a bracketed hood. The windows are mullioned with three lights, and contain casements.[14]	II
Church Farmhouse 53°04′22″N 1°28′07″W / 53.07270°N 1.46873°W / 53.07270; -1.46873 (Church Farmhouse)	—	Mid 18th century	The former farmhouse is in lintel, and the windows, originally mullioned, are now sashes.[15]	II
Dial Farmhouse 53°04′40″N 1°28′34″W / 53.07772°N 1.47601°W / 53.07772; -1.47601 (Dial Farmhouse)	—	Mid 18th century	A moulded bracketed hood. The windows, formerly mullioned, are sashes, and there is a two-light stair window. At attic level is a square sundial plate.[16]	II
Park Head Farmhouse 53°05′14″N 1°27′45″W / 53.08734°N 1.46244°W / 53.08734; -1.46244 (Park Head Farmhouse)	—	Mid 18th century	The farmhouse, which incorporates some 17th-century material, is in lintel and surround, and the right one with a plain surround, and the windows are sashes.[17]	II
The Barns and outbuildings 53°05′08″N 1°28′44″W / 53.08557°N 1.47877°W / 53.08557; -1.47877 (The Barns and outbuildings)	—	Mid 18th century	A house and attached outbuildings in moulded kneelers, forming an L-shaped plan. The house has two storeys and two bays, and it contains a blocked doorway with a massive surround, and casement windows. The outbuildings have various openings, and there is an external staircase incorporating a dog kennel, a cheese-making cupboard and a fuel store.[18]	II
Façade of the former Derby Assembly Rooms 53°05′23″N 1°29′10″W / 53.08971°N 1.48618°W / 53.08971; -1.48618 (Façade of the former Derby Assembly Rooms)		1763–4	The building was moved to its present site in the balustrades below. The top floor of the middle three bays contains square openings, and on the outer bays are balustrades with square terminal piers and banded ball finials.[5][19]	II
Crich Wesleyan Chapel and walls 53°04′46″N 1°28′42″W / 53.07938°N 1.47827°W / 53.07938; -1.47827 (Crich Wesleyan Chapel and walls)		1765	The chapel is in lintels, and between them is a 20th-century window with a massive lintel and jambs. The upper floor contains two semicircular-headed windows with Gothic glazing. Enclosing the forecourt are low walls with railings, and matching gates between stone piers.[20][21]	II
Wakebridge Farmhouse 53°05′51″N 1°29′48″W / 53.09740°N 1.49659°W / 53.09740; -1.49659 (Wakebridge Farmhouse)	—	1772	The farmhouse, which incorporates elements from an earlier house, is in lintel soffit, and over it is an initialled and dated plaque. The window above the doorway has a single light, and the other windows are mullioned.[22]	II
10 and 12 Bowns Hill 53°05′07″N 1°28′41″W / 53.08537°N 1.47814°W / 53.08537; -1.47814 (10 and 12 Bowns Hill)	—	Late 18th century	A pair of moulded kneelers. There are two storeys and four bays, the two right bays double-depth. In the centre is a doorway flanked by shop windows with moulded cornices. There is a sash window, and the other windows are mullioned.[23]	II
31 Hindersitch Lane 53°05′16″N 1°29′51″W / 53.08779°N 1.49746°W / 53.08779; -1.49746 (31 Hindersitch Lane)	—	Late 18th century	A cottage in quoins and a slate roof. There are two storeys and two bays. The central doorway has a plain surround, and the windows are mullioned with two lights and contain casements.[24]	II
12, 14 and 16 The Common 53°04′56″N 1°28′43″W / 53.08222°N 1.47865°W / 53.08222; -1.47865 (12, 14 and 16 The Common)		Late 18th century	A row of three lintels. The windows are placed irregularly and most are replaced sashes. In the top floor of the right house is an eight-light workshop window, and there is another workshop window in the rear wing.[20][25]	II
Canal bridge 53°05′06″N 1°30′18″W / 53.08507°N 1.50510°W / 53.08507; -1.50510 (Canal bridge)		Late 18th century	The bridge carries Main Road (B5035 road) over the Cromford Canal. It is in gritstone, and consists of a single semicircular arch. The bridge has voussoirs, a band, shallow parapets with rounded copings, and splayed abutments.[26]	II
Glebe Farmhouse 53°06′16″N 1°29′03″W / 53.10456°N 1.48412°W / 53.10456; -1.48412 (Glebe Farmhouse)	—	Late 18th century	A quoins, and a tile roof with stone slate eaves. There are two storeys and two bays. On the front is a flat-roofed porch, and the windows are mullioned and contain sashes.[27]	II
Honeymoon Cottage, Sheaf Cottage and Sheaf House 53°05′13″N 1°28′52″W / 53.08694°N 1.48124°W / 53.08694; -1.48124 (Honeymoon Cottage, Sheaf Cottage and Sheaf House)	—	Late 18th century	A terrace of a house and two cottages, in quoins, and roofs tiled at the north and stone slated at the south with coped gables. The buildings are stepped, with five bays, the right bay, the house, with three storeys, and cottages with three bays and one bay. The house has mullioned windows, and the windows in the cottages are sashes. Through the middle bay of the middle building is a passageway.[28]	II
Lindway Lane Farmhouse 53°07′14″N 1°28′29″W / 53.12053°N 1.47473°W / 53.12053; -1.47473 (Lindway Lane Farmhouse)	—	Late 18th century	The refashioning of an earlier house, the farmhouse is in lintel, and mullioned windows. The east range contains two doorways and casement windows.[29]	II
Former Derwent Hotel 53°05′08″N 1°30′22″W / 53.08559°N 1.50615°W / 53.08559; -1.50615 (Former Derwent Hotel)		Late 18th century	The former public house is in lintel.[30]	II
Outbuilding, former Derwent Hotel 53°05′09″N 1°30′22″W / 53.08572°N 1.50604°W / 53.08572; -1.50604 (Outbuilding, former Derwent Hotel)	—	Late 18th century	The outbuilding is in lintels, and stable doors, and the windows are sashes.[31]	II
Range of three cottages, Whatstandwell 53°05′06″N 1°30′16″W / 53.08497°N 1.50448°W / 53.08497; -1.50448 (Range of three cottages, Whatstandwell)	—	Late 18th century	A public house, later divided into three cottages, it is in lintels, the windows in the left bay are mullioned, and the other windows are sashes.[32]	II
The Black Swan public house and outbuildings 53°05′05″N 1°28′43″W / 53.08459°N 1.47848°W / 53.08459; -1.47848 (The Black Swan public house and outbuildings)		Late 18th century	The public house and outbuildings are in lintels, mullioned windows, and a cart entry with a segmental head and a keystone.[33]	II
Tramway Embankment 53°04′26″N 1°28′00″W / 53.07380°N 1.46657°W / 53.07380; -1.46657 (Tramway Embankment)		1793	The embankment is a remaining part of the Fritchley tram road, and is 70 metres (230 ft) long. It has stone side walls and parapets, with projecting through-stones and edge-bedded irregular coping stones.[34][35]	II
Whatstandwell Bridge 53°05′08″N 1°30′25″W / 53.08554°N 1.50705°W / 53.08554; -1.50705 (Whatstandwell Bridge)		1796	The bridge carries Derby Road ( A6 road) over the River Derwent. It is in gritstone and consists of three semicircular arches. The bridge has semicircular cutwaters with domed tops, from which rise pilaster strips, and broad bands to the arch heads, over which is a parapet.[36]	II
Canal Cottages 53°03′52″N 1°29′13″W / 53.06457°N 1.48700°W / 53.06457; -1.48700 (Canal Cottages)		c. 1800	The cottages are in gritstone with roofs of Welsh slate and stone slate. The central range has three storeys and two bays, and the flanking ranges are lower. The doorways have plain surrounds, and the windows are casements.[37]	II
Cliff Inn 53°05′23″N 1°29′15″W / 53.08975°N 1.48747°W / 53.08975; -1.48747 (Cliff Inn)		c. 1800	The public house is in moulded bracketed hood, and the windows are sashes.[38]	II
Woodbank House 53°04′32″N 1°28′38″W / 53.07561°N 1.47709°W / 53.07561; -1.47709 (Woodbank House)	—	c. 1800	A lintel, and a shallow bracketed hood, and the windows are sashes.[39]	II
Framework Knitting Workshop 53°05′15″N 1°29′50″W / 53.08749°N 1.49736°W / 53.08749; -1.49736 (Framework Knitting Workshop)	—	Early 19th century	The former workshop is in quoined surround, are blocked.[40]	II
Milepost 53°04′58″N 1°28′43″W / 53.08267°N 1.47854°W / 53.08267; -1.47854 (Milepost)		Early 19th century	The milepost near the former Rising Sun public house is in cast iron and has a diamond section on a short circular shaft. It is inscribed with the distances to Nottingham, Ripley, and Cromford (the names abbreviated).[41]	II
Congregational Chapel 53°04′21″N 1°28′03″W / 53.07253°N 1.46744°W / 53.07253; -1.46744 (Congregational Chapel)		1841	The chapel is in moulded cornice and coping, containing an inscribed and dated plaque. In the centre is a doorway with a semicircular head, flanked by blind round-headed recesses with impost blocks and keystones. Along the sides are three bays, each containing a tall round-headed window.[42][43]	II
Portal, Stephenson's Tunnel 53°04′56″N 1°28′46″W / 53.08218°N 1.47957°W / 53.08218; -1.47957 (Portal, Stephenson's Tunnel)		1841	The tunnel was built by plinth. The opening has been infilled.[44][45]	II
Tramway Bridge 53°05′04″N 1°28′52″W / 53.08451°N 1.48107°W / 53.08451; -1.48107 (Tramway Bridge)		1841	The overbridge was built by moulded surround and a low parapet. At each end are sloped curving abutment walls with flat copings.[5][46]	II
Former Primitive Methodist Chapel 53°04′58″N 1°28′44″W / 53.08267°N 1.47898°W / 53.08267; -1.47898 (Former Primitive Methodist Chapel)	—	1853	The chapel, later used for other purposes, is in gritstone with a tile roof and two storeys. The central doorway has a semicircular fanlight. The doorway and the windows have semicircular heads with impost blocks and keystones.[20][47]	II
Chase Cliffe 53°04′46″N 1°29′29″W / 53.07937°N 1.49134°W / 53.07937; -1.49134 (Chase Cliffe)		1859–61	A small moulded kneelers, and ball finials. There are two storeys and attics, and an irregular T-shaped plan. The main doorway has a moulded surround, a segmental pointed arch, and a hood mould, above which is a canted oriel window with a parapet. Most of the other windows are mullioned and transomed, and there are gabled dormers.[5][48]	II
Lodge, gate piers and walls, Chase Cliffe 53°04′49″N 1°29′29″W / 53.08016°N 1.49129°W / 53.08016; -1.49129 (Lodge, gate piers and walls, Chase Cliffe)	—	c. 1870	The lodge is in moulded kneelers, and ball finials. There is a single storey and an L-shaped plan, with a gabled porch in the angle that has a pointed arch, and a doorway with a chamfered surround. The west front has two bays, a gable on the west side surmounted by a statue of a deer, and a mullioned and transomed window. The boundary walls are curved, and the entrance is flanked by gate piers.[5][49]	II
Stable block, trough and mounting block, Chase Cliffe Farm 53°04′48″N 1°29′27″W / 53.08007°N 1.49092°W / 53.08007; -1.49092 (Stable block, trough and mounting block, Chase Cliffe Farm)	—	c. 1870	The stable block is in moulded kneelers. There is a U-shaped plan around a courtyard, the central range with one storey and lofts, and the wings with one storey. The central range has two segmental-arched carriage entrances with quoined surrounds, a mullioned window, a segmental-arched doorway with a keystone and an inscribed tablet, and three gabled dormers. In the courtyard are a semicircular trough and a mounting block.[5][50]	II
Village cross 53°05′11″N 1°28′44″W / 53.08636°N 1.47883°W / 53.08636; -1.47883 (Village cross)		1871	The cross, replacing an earlier one on the site, on the earlier three steps. It has a square base, a tapering shaft, and a wheel head cross with foliage decoration on the west face and a carved figure on the east side.[20][51]	II
Penfold Post Box 53°05′24″N 1°29′09″W / 53.08998°N 1.48579°W / 53.08998; -1.48579 (Penfold Post Box)		1872–79	The post box in the plinth. On the front is a plate and a posting slot, and a moulded and slightly domed top with leaf decoration.[52]	II
Thurlowbooth Cottages 53°04′46″N 1°29′37″W / 53.07946°N 1.49353°W / 53.07946; -1.49353 (Thurlowbooth Cottages)	—	Late 19th century	A stepped terrace of eight cottages, later combined into four, in gritstone with Welsh slate roofs. There are two storeys, each original cottage had one bay, a doorway with a massive surround, and mullioned windows; some doorways have been converted into windows.[53]	II
Crich Baptist Chapel 53°05′01″N 1°28′46″W / 53.08357°N 1.47931°W / 53.08357; -1.47931 (Crich Baptist Chapel)		1877	The chapel is in string courses, the lower with a roundel and inscribed names, and the upper with an inscribed tablet. The central doorway and the windows all have quoined surrounds, semicircular heads and curved hood moulds; the middle window in the top floor is tripartite. The doorway also has circular columns with foliage capitals.[20][54]	II
K1 Telephone Box 53°05′22″N 1°29′10″W / 53.08957°N 1.48614°W / 53.08957; -1.48614 (K1 Telephone Box)		1921	The K1 telephone box is in the National Tramway Museum. It is in concrete and iron, and has a square plan and a wooden door. On each side is a six-pane window, and on the top are projecting eaves and a curved roof. On the roof is an enamelled sign on each side inscribed "TELEPHONE", curly iron embellishments and a spearhead finial.[55]	II
Crich Stand 53°05′40″N 1°29′16″W / 53.09445°N 1.48791°W / 53.09445; -1.48791 (Crich Stand)		1922–23	The building is a tower is on Crich Hill, it is a memorial to the lintel and a pediment with a bronze wreath, over which is the regimental insignia of the Sherwood Foresters and dates. Also on the tower are bronze plaques with inscriptions relating to the two World Wars and subsequent conflicts.[5][56]	II*
Metropolitan Police Public Call Post 53°05′28″N 1°29′12″W / 53.09111°N 1.48671°W / 53.09111; -1.48671 (Metropolitan Police Public Call Post)	—	c. 1925	The Metropolitan Police public call post in the National Tramway Museum is in cast iron. It has a square plan, and a segmental domed top on which is a blue light. The sides are panelled, and on the front is a door above which is a panel inscribed "POLICE PUBLIC CALL POST", and a crown flanked by "M" and "P".[57]	II
Metropolitan Police Box 53°05′23″N 1°29′09″W / 53.08963°N 1.48574°W / 53.08963; -1.48574 (Metropolitan Police Box)		1930–37	The Mark 2 Metropolitan police box, designed by Gilbert Mackenzie Trench, is in the National Tramway Museum. It is in pre-cast concrete with a square plan. Each face is identical, there is a doorway in the east face, and on the roof is a blue light.[58]	II
K6 telephone kiosk 53°04′20″N 1°28′04″W / 53.07218°N 1.46778°W / 53.07218; -1.46778 (K6 telephone kiosk)		1935	The K6 type telephone kiosk in Fritchley Green was designed by Giles Gilbert Scott. Constructed in cast iron with a square plan and a dome, it has three unperforated crowns in the top panels.[59]	II

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