Hallgarth
Hallgarth – a row of terraced cottages, originally built to house cotton mill workers
Nos 5 – 8 were the Garth (enclosure) to Airton Hall. No.6 was the Shippon between the barn (No. 2), and the Crofter’s House (No. 5). In 1800 John Williams, the owner of the mill, bought the buildings and a parcel of surrounding land in order to convert them to cottages and gardens with earth closets opposite.
The surrounding wall was built at this time. There are ways, now blocked, through all the houses.
No. 6 has a alcove from floor to roof and a platform in the bedroom where fodder was pushed out over from the barn. In the early 1960s the staircase, which divided the ground floor into two rooms, was removed. A new stair on the right hand side was built opening from the kitchen area. The garden walls and porch were also built at this time.
Mr J. K. Richardson bought all Hallgarth houses in 1923 from Mr Sam Jackson who owned Airton Mill. Nos 1 and 2 were made into one house in 1996.
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