Workers house and cottages, Ambergate, Derbyshire, March 2019

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Visited in the excellent company of Bikin Glynn. On the way to Ambergate Wire works and Oakhurst House you pass these set of workers’ cottages. There are 5-6 terrace properties and a series of outbuildings which were used to house the workers of the nearby Johnson and Nephew wire works. They’ve clearly been boarded up for a while and last time I was here you could get in some of them, although like the wire works there seems to have been a concerted effort to keep them sealed. Recently - Thursday 20th September 2018 to be precise – somebody set one of the end terrace cottages on fire and now it’s a burnt-out wreck. So, nothing to get to excited about but worth a few pictures:

Obligatory trashed washing machine in out-house:

47413182292_f78a2b4e1b_b.jpgimg0050 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Think these were out-side toilets:

32524332437_4339384248_b.jpgimg0048 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Freshly burnt-out end terrace cottage:

46550924905_c855fc8ffe_b.jpgimg0045 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Nature taking over:

46743042164_b6423e3c1f_b.jpgimg0044 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Mmmm. Think I’ll give access a miss on this occasion:

47413255782_414047248e_b.jpgimg0043 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Obligatory ‘dick’ graff:

47413373012_ca40f879dd_b.jpgimg0055 by HughieDW, on Flickr

46743171254_7c657d8d21_b.jpgimg0054 by HughieDW, on Flickr

33589809118_47b0b509b2_b.jpgimg0051 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Now this place was a bit of a bonus. Spied it out of the corner of our eye when we were looking at the wireworks. It looks like this cute little two-up, two-down cottage was boarded up at the same time as the workers cottage row. It’s fared better but is now open. Not too much to see inside but worth a few pictures:

46743140304_7039c8cd21_b.jpgimg0064 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Every swing tells a story:

47466328241_74c8a8bfe8_b.jpgimg0066 by HughieDW, on Flickr

47413166512_28a224ce3f_b.jpgimg0069 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Not much in the out-house:
46742808164_e2b2cf5ed2_b.jpgimg0073 by HughieDW, on Flickr

33589494468_f98da7ccde_b.jpgAmbergate Cottage 01 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Kitchen:

32524216817_23ab9aa39f_b.jpgAmbergate Cottage 03 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Living room:

47466122101_c11858f3b8_b.jpgAmbergate Cottage 02 by HughieDW, on Flickr

And on to the up-stairs. Master bedroom:

47466110971_8bdcea3b63_b.jpgAmbergate Cottage 04 by HughieDW, on Flickr

And a small bathroom:

47466098301_8a2d909364_b.jpgAmbergate Cottage 05 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Would have made a cosy little house but can’t see much future for this place despite it currently being in reasonable nick:

46550975655_33ea1e9148_b.jpgimg0067 by HughieDW, on Flickr
 
A little bit of tidying outside and a bit of renovation work indoors and that could be a nice little cottage.

Couldn't it just. One issue was the lack of a driveway to it so whether that was an issue that led to its abandonment who knows...
 
Given the recent sealing up I reckon someone's already onto the case of restoring them. Are they listed structures in any way??
The first image with the washing machine - found myself gasping when I spotted the fragmented asbestos wall sheeting!

I'm amazed at just how much you lot are finding down that way. I think everyone moved out of those and moved into derelict properties up here!!
Interesting location that. For some reason abandoned swings fill me with sadness..
 

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