Creswell Model Village

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Creswell Model Village


The houses that make up the Model Village display a range of decorative roofing styles.

Creswell Model Village (Derbyshire)
Creswell Model Village

Creswell Model Village shown within Derbyshire
OS grid reference SK521739
District Bolsover
Shire county Derbyshire
Region East Midlands
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town WORKSOP
Postcode district S80
Police Derbyshire
Fire Derbyshire
Ambulance East Midlands
European Parliament East Midlands
List of places: UKEnglandDerbyshire

Coordinates: 53°15′36″N 1°13′12″W / 53.26, -1.22

Designed by architect Percy B. Houfton, Creswell Model Village is an arts and crafts style model village built in Creswell, Derbyshire in 1895 by the Bolsover Mining Company to accommodate workers and families of the newly founded Creswell Colliery (on land leased from the Welbeck Estate). Influenced by garden village principles, its purpose was to provide the workers with modern facilities; the village even provided a miniature railway to deliver coal to the houses. Designed around a large village green the houses are of varying styles and form a large oval shape with an access road through the centre. 'The Model', as it is known, has recently been refurbished.

Located within the parish of Elmton-with-Creswell in the district of Bolsover on the North East edge of Derbyshire.

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