Building record MDR10508 - Ironville House, Cinder Bank, Ironville

Ironville House was built in the mid 19th century as a doctor's house and surgery by the Butterley Iron Company to serve its workforce in the model village of Ironville. The main construction material is randomly laid slag lump from the nearby ironworks. ~Window dressings, quoins, sill bands, eaves cornice and chimney stacks are picked out in contrasting red brick. The pitched roof is slate. The plan comprises a double pile central range with cross wings to each end. Original doors, skirting boards and cornices survive in many rooms and original fireplaces in some bedrooms. The north wing houses the service rooms, former doctor's surgery and waiting room. The surgery has been converted into a kitchen, but retains the original architectural joinery. There is a large brick vaulted cellar and water cistern beneath the property. The property is partly bounded by a wall built of iron slag lump in the same manner as the house, with brick coping. (1)