A Guide To The Historic Houses And Castles Of Derbyshire

A Guide To The Historic Houses And Castles Of Derbyshire

By Michael Holloway Updated 07/05/2022

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1. HADDON HALL

This 11th century hall was held by William Peveril in the year 1087. The survey which resulted in the Domesday Book records Haddon Hall. Haddon Hall is located near beautiful Bakewell.

HADDON HALL FACILITIES

Gardens
Walks
Restaurant
Gift Shop
Toilets
DATA SHEET

TELEPHONE - 01629 812855

2. HEATH HOUSE

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Wedding planning is very important to us at The Heath House. We start serious planning about six months before the big day and this involves usually a two hour meeting of working through a wedding day planner.

HEATH HOUSE FACILITIES

Gardens
Restaurant
Gift Shop
Weddings
​Walks
Accommodation
Toilets
DATA SHEET

TELEPHONE : 01538 722212

3. CALKE ABBEY

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The Abbey is a time capsule of an experience. Before the Trust's alterations in the later 1980s the rooms had been untouched since the 1880s.

CALKE ABBEY FACILITIES

Gardens
Restaurant
Gift Shop
​Walks
Toilets
DATA SHEET

TELEPHONE : 01332 863822

4. KEDLESTON HALL

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The Curzon family had owned the estate at Kedleston since 1297. By the 1970s Kedleston Hall had become too expensive for the Curzon family to maintain and the National Trust received the estate.

KEDLESTON HALL FACILITIES

Gardens
Walks
Restaurant
Gift Shop
Toilets
DATA SHEET

TELEPHONE : 01332 842191

5. HOLME HALL

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The Eyre family held the Bakewell manor house until 1802 when the concern was sold under an order of Chancery.

HOLME HALL FACILITIES

Gardens
Walks
DATA SHEET

TELEPHONE : No public phone number.

6. PEVERIL CASTLE

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Peveril Castle is a decayed 11th-century castle set on a hillside in the Derbyshire village of Castleton.
tel : 0370 333 1181

Gardens
Walks
No toilets
DATA SHEET

7. CHATSWORTH

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The seat of the Duke of Devonshire, it has been home to the Cavendish family since 1549 although the family no longer owns it.
tel : 01246 565300.

Gardens
​Walks
Restaurant
Gift Shop
Toilets
Tour
DATA SHEET

8. RENISHAW HALL AND GARDENS

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Renishaw near Sheffield is a Grade I listed building and has been the seat of the Sitwell family for 350 years. 
tel : 01246 432310

Gardens
​Walks
Restaurant
Gift Shop
Toilets
DATA SHEET

9. SUDBURY HALL AND MUSEUM

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One of Englands finest Restoration projects, Sudbury has Grade I listed building status.
tel : 01283 585337

Gardens
​Museum
​Walks
Restaurant
Gift Shop
Toilets
DATA SHEET

10. BOLSOVER CASTLE

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Built in the early 17th century, Bolsover castle in Chesterfield resides upon the ruins of the 12th-century medieval castle.
tel : 01246 822844

Gardens
​Walks
Restaurant
Gift Shop
Toilets
DATA SHEET

11. CROMFORD MILLS

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Cromford Mill was the world's first water-powered cotton spinning mill, built by Richard Arkwright in 1771 in Derbyshire in the Peak District.
tel : 01629 823256
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Gardens
Walks
​Tours
Shopping
Restaurant
Gift Shop
Toilets
DATA SHEET

12. NORTH LEES HALL

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In the year 1845 Charlotte Bronte visited North Lees several times while staying with her friend Ellen Nussey at the Vicarage in nearby Hathersage. It became the inspiration for Thornfield Hall in the novel ‘Jane Eyre’, described as: “three storeys high; a gentleman’s manor house; battlements round the top gave it a picturesque look”.
tel : Private residence.

Scenic Views
(very limited) Parking
(limited) Picnic Tables
Walks
No public toilets
DATA SHEET

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