Listed Buildings

The Old Hall seems to have been detached from the Littleover estate in the late 19th century, as it was sold by the Heathcote family in 1890, while the remainder of the estate was sold by auction in 1920, subsequent to the death of Cockshutt Heathcote in 1885. The Derbyshire Records Office holds an auctioneer’s brochure for this sale, described as ‘being the residue of the Estate of the Trustees of the Late Cockshutt Heathcote, Esq.’. The accompanying estate plan depicts the various lots into which the estate was broken up: the Old Hall itself, with its immediate grounds, appears on the plan but is not included in the sale

During the 1920s, the Old Hall was tenanted, but fell empty in 1930. It was sold again in 1934, with 9.5 acres of land, to Harold Walker, a wallpaper manufacturer from London, for £4000. Walker commissioned Barrons, the firm who had landscaped the grounds for the newly constructed Old Hall at the end of the 19th century, to redesign the garden and grounds.  During the Second World War, the Hall’s stables and kennels were converted into a decontamination centre in anticipation of gas attacks. In 1954, the house was sold for £12,500 to Rolls-Royce as offices for their nuclear research programme, and new office buildings replaced the stable block altogether. The Derbyshire Records Office holds the original plan and elevation drawings for this conversion,

Church Street

Church of St Peter  Grade II formerly Grade B

Listed 10.11.67 – Amended 03.05.00

Medieval parish church, mainly circa 1335 and consisting of nave and chancel with much restoration. The body of the church was enlarged westward in 1961. The nave aisles are almost entirely modem. Plain Norman west doorway of circa 1090 with replaced shafts. Monument to Sir Richard Harpur (1635) and wife. Norman font.

 No 45 (Ivy House) Grade II

Listed 24.02.77

C18 and later. Former farmhouse. Red brick; 2 storeys. Front, which faces west, has 3 windows (sash and later casement). Ground storey has one restored sash window modem canted oriel and plain doorway with cornice hood. Gabled end to road with one sash window; plain eaves; tiles.

Shepherd Street

Nos 11 and 15 Grade II

Listed 24.02.77

Early C19. Red brick; 2 storeys; 3 sash windows with segmental heads; plain door to No 11 with rectangular fanlight.

Doorway to No 15 in gabled end to right, with plain rectangular fanlight and gabled porch. Shaped bargeboards; plain eaves; slates. Included for group value. Nos 11 and 15 to 19 (odd) form a group.

 No 17 Grade II

Listed 24.02.77

Probably late C17, but core may be earlier. Whitened brick. Single storeyed; 2 small splayed bays with stone mullion windows in plain stone surrounds and one small early C19 small-paned iron casement; plain doorway with segmental and door with 3 pointed panels; old slate roof carried down over bays. Nos 11 and 15 to 19 (odd) form a group.

 No 19 Grade II

Listed 24.02.77

Early C19 small house. Red brick; 2 storeys; one sash window with segmental head and plain doorway with ledged door; plain eaves; slates. Included for group value. Nos. 11 and 15 to 19 (odd) form a group.

Normanton Lane

No 15 Grade II

Listed 24.02.77

Early C19 modest cottage. Originally a pair of cottages but now combined as one dwelling. Red brick; 2 storeys; 2 casement windows; plain doorway on right-hand side with segmental head and ledged door; blocked doorway on left; modillion eaves, gabled end to road; tiles. Contributes to the street scene.

The Hollow

Ye Olde Cottage Grade II

Listed 24.02.77

C16. Timber frame with square panels of brick nogging; 2 storeys; small casement windows, generally modern or restored. Under restoration 1974 and slate roof replaced by thatch.

Horse trough to south-west of Ye Olde Cottage Grade II

Listed 24.02.77

52 Last revised 17.02.2009

Of uncertain date but probably late C18 or early C19. About 15ft long, a narrow trough formed against the bottom of the bank with a low rubble wall at front.