Historic Buildings

This is compiled from researches by Jeffrey Spittal, Village Historian

For more information on each building click on the photograph

Frampton Court
The present building from 1600s is a reconstruction of the village manor and farm that was recorded in the Domesday Survey. It retains medieval features and overlooks the Frome Valley.

Step House
This Georgian-style house is located on elevated land where it overlooks the Frome. Mr Hall built it in 1733 and employed people in hat manufacture, then for a time it served as an orphanage.

Christy’s Hat Factory
Two 3-storey buildings were erected in Park Lane by Christy of Stockport as a Hat Factory where 120 people were employed between 1820 and 1873. Hatting existed in the village as a cottage industry prior to this.

National School
The substantial building was constructed in 1842 by the National Society of the Established Church to provide elementary education for village children a generation before schooling became compulsory.

St Peter’s Church
There was a church on this site for a thousand years but the present building dates from 1858. The tower remains from a building of 1315 and is embattled with pinnacles and effigies of saints.

St Saviour’s Church
William Butterfield built this gem of a church building in Early English style in 1845. It has a stone built Lych Gate with separate passages for pedestrians and vehicles.

British School
The British & Foreign Schools Society built Brockeridge School in 1846 to provide education for all at 2p per week, and was primarily supported by chapel people.

The Windmill
This village landmark dates from the early 19th century when it was originally a 60ft high tower having wind sails. It was converted to steam power during the 1850s when the chimney was added as a flue.

Iron Mines / Waterworks
There was speculative iron mining between 1862-1875. It was never viable despite efforts by three Companies, then afterwards flooded pits were used as a source of drinking water.

The Old Mill
The building in Mill Lane retains traces of the axle for the large paddle wheel. A millpond existed above the village weir whose boundaries may still be traced.

Vine Cottage in Foote's Lane
The pencil drawing by Audrey wife of Ian Lewis, recalls Vine Cottage that stood proudly in Foote's Lane overlooking the football field, 100m along from Woodend Road.

 

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