## Summary Of Structural Alterations

The following table details previous structural alterations to Church View Cottage, both before and after being Listed grade II in 1985. Information has been derived from records held by the Thornhill Settlement Trust and the Stanton Estate. **Note:** further details are held in the PDNPA planning files

Date
Nature of Alteration
Planning permission granted to provide a bathroom to be attached to the cottage 
and an inspection chamber on the foul drain installed at point of connection with 
existing foul drain.
1968 October 
(completed 
before March 
1969)
Contractor.
Work carried out by Stanton Construction Co Ltd, plans drawn by Arnold 
Lowcock. Bricks and pipes from Thomas Smith & Sons, Tiles, plaster board, cement 
and bath from J.W. Swain, Plaster from Matlock building supplies, Timber and 
hardboard from JW & J Mettam Ltd, lights from James Fryer.
1975 January
A request for a qualification certificate from West Derbyshire District Council 
Environmental Health Officer resulted in inspection which noted:
- 
Areas of rising damp on walls of cupboards in living room, side wall of 
sitting room, alcove walls at side of kitchen sink and outer wall at bottom 
of staircase.
- 
Ill-fitting door to sitting room, sunken and uneven kitchen floor and badly 
cracked kitchen ceiling.
- 
The rear outside door was ill fitting and had defective woodwork.
- 
The floor of bedroom was 'out of level' and needed strengthening. The 
bedroom ceiling over kitchen was cracked.
- 
Replacement sash cords and fittings were needed to window in bedroom 
over kitchen. Casement windows in bedroom over sitting room needed 
replacement fastener and hinge.
- 
Loose floorboards at on top landing, front eave gutter and rain water pipe 
(metal) were recommended for replacement with plastic.
- 
It was noted that the external woodwork of kitchen window was decayed.
J. Hague, the environmental health officer, recommended all needed to be made 
good before a certificate could be issued.
Building is listed (LB number 1 109875). Notes 20th alterations.
1985 14* 
February
Pair of houses. Late Cl8 with minor C20 **alterations.** Coursed squared gritstone with 
gritstone dressings and quoins. Stone slate roofs with stone gable end and central ridge 
stacks. Stone coped gables with moulded kneelers. Two storeys, two bays per cottage. 
Cottage to east has central flush quoined door case with keystone in lintel and C20 **glazed** 
door. To either side, 2-light flush mullion windows with C20 single pane **casements.** Above, 
two similar windows. Western cottage has similar elevation with central, quoined door 
case with plain lintel and panelled door. 2-light windows to sides and above have plain 
sashes or fixed lights.
1994 March
Chimney Stack repaired, gable end painted, new chimney pot and bathroom roof 
repaired (like for like repairs)
Contractor
J.B.H Goodman, Stanton in Peak.
1995 July
Request from tenant to create new access from kitchen to garden. Sketch of 
proposed works prepared.
Stanton Estate approved work and agreed to pay for solid wooden door with 
window, tenant to pay for labour and materials. New stone lintel installed.
Contractor.
Unknown
1996 October
Repairs undertaken included 2x new kitchen windows (22.5" x 41.5"), 1 top hung 
hopper light, 1 full light opening, side hung - to replace 1950s kitchen window
NB: Other issues notes during site visit to price for job were:
- 
rotten floorboards in bedroom,
- 
problem with inside top of stair window,
- 
faulty guttering,
- 
leaking ballcock leading to water ingress.
- 
2ft2 of internal re-plastering required after sorting out problems.
Contractor.
S.M. Oliver, joiner, Darley Dale
1998 March
Stanton Estate correspondence detail increase of rent by £400 per annum due to 
structural improvements to the cottage. This included:
- 
2x kitchen windows,
- 
replacement of bedroom floor,
- 
new joists and skirtings,
- 
new kitchen ceiling,
- 
damp course to kitchen and new membrane below floor (concrete) laid,
- 
plastering of kitchen walls and ceiling
- 
full storage heating installed throughout.
- 
rewiring of the house (inc. 2x new light switches and new light to each of 
3x bedrooms, Light and 2x switches to stairs, 5ft fluorescent light and 2x 
switches to kitchen, 30amp cooker circuit, earth bonding to water, 2x double sockets, bathroom and toilet supply enclosed fitting to existing, 
living room lx light and 2x switches, front room lx light and switch, 
outbuilding lx light and switch, 2x PIR controlled light fittings outside.
Contractor
Work carried out by H. Strange & Son, Electrical engineers and contractors, 
Tansley, Matlock.
1999 May
Loft Insulation fitted 
Contractor. 
Unknown
1999 December
Following an assessment of the ill health of the tenant Mrs 1.Gilbert (89 years) by 
North Derbyshire Community Health Care Service, the original coal fires were 
removed and a gas supply installed
Contractor.
TRANSCO
2000 December
Following a request from the sister of Mrs Gilbert to replace the front window 
and door, Catherine Mate at the PDNPA (Conservation Officer) approves that a 
timber double glazed window of same design as existing window and door 
replaced like for **like** would be acceptable.
Contractor.
Unknown
2007 April
Exterior repairs undertaken including the taking down of a section of stonework 
(possibly on the side elevation adjacent to the fireplace) and rebuilding tying into 
existing wall jambs. Heads and sills to be replaced where necessary. All work 
undertaken to be replaced like for like.
Contractor
Stuart Redfern. Building contractor
2009 June
Roof repairs undertaken (like for **like)** including the front stone slate and tiled 
slopes of to the rear of the property (3x in number). Roof timbers were replaced 
where required and pinions to both sides of one gable removed. One stone split 
sideways was replaced.
The roof felted with Klober Forte breathable membrane (or similar) and eaves 
carriers supplied and fixed to each elevation. Front slope re-slated with stone slate 
(2.5 tons).
Lead replaced in valleys with code 6 lead. Lead applied to chimney (soakers code 
4), aprons and flashings code 5. Lead gables with pinions (soakers code 4).
The bed ridges were bedded and verges pointed. Gutters and downpipes cleaned. 
Contractor.
H&W Sellars Ltd, Bakewell
2018 November 
to February 2019
Internal soft strip removing many of the internal structural alterations undertaken between 1995-1999. Scope of works included:
- 
Removal of wall plaster on ground and first floor rooms,
- 
Removal of ceilings on ground and first floor,
- 
Removal of all internal joinery, apart from first floor doors and ground 
floor window shutters (removed material kept in secure storage),
- 
Removal of all electrical wiring and appliances,
- 
Removal of sanitary ware and kitchen fittings,

- 
Removal of ground floor finishes and ground reduction to c.20cm,
- 
Removal of hearths and boxing in concealing ground floor fireplaces.

Contractor

Stanton Estate