Building record 6248/1/8 - Storefield Cottages, Quarrymen's Houses

Quarrymen's houses, dated circa 1900.

{1} Quarrymen's houses, dated circa 1900. A total of 12 terraced houses of red brick with blue slate roofs. At the rear of each set of 6 houses are brick outhouses.

{2} Because the quarries were remote from the villages the company built a number of cottages for the workpeople. There were six in Grange Road, Geddington and twelve "Storefield Cottages" on the main Kettering to Uppingham road. Built in two rows of six, and two on Newton Road, for the manager and foreman.Tom Julian had wooden boards erected to prevent coal dust blowing over the gardens when coal slack was being unloaded, and these are still there. Photograph of Storefield Cottages.

<1> Starmer G.H., 1968, CBA Record Cards: Industrial Archaeology in Northamptonshire, (unchecked) (Recording Form (Not SMR)). SNN1627.

<2> Starmer G.H., 1973, National Register of Industrial Monuments, (part checked) (Catalogue). SNN571.

<3> Tonks E., 1992, The Ironstone Quarries of The Midlands (History, Operation and Railways): The Corby Area, p.134-35 (checked) (Book). SNN39836.

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Oct 9 2023 9:38AM