Historic Houses and Castles of Derbyshire - GUIDE

A Guide To The Historic Houses And Castles Of Derbyshire

By Michael Holloway Updated 012/05/2021

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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.
tel : 01629 812855
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Gardens
Walks
Restaurant
Gift Shop
Toilets
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Heath House

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. 
tel : 01538 722212

Gardens
Restaurant
Gift Shop
Weddings
​Walks
Accommodation
Toilets
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Calke Abbey

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.
tel : 01332 863822

Gardens
Restaurant
Gift Shop
​Walks
Toilets
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Kedleston Hall

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.
tel : 01332 842191

Gardens
Walks
Restaurant
Gift Shop
Toilets
DATA SHEET

Holme Hall

The Eyre family held the Bakewell manor house until 1802 when the concern was sold under an order of Chancery.
tel : No public phone number.

Gardens
Walks
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Peveril Castle

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
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Chatsworth

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
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Renishaw Hall And Gardens

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
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Sudbury Hall And Museum

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

Gardens
​Museum
​Walks
Restaurant
Gift Shop
Toilets
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Bolsover Castle

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
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Cromford Mills

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
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North Lees Hall

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
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