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Historic Houses in Derbyshire


Historic Houses in Derbyshire, such as Calke Abbey and Chatsworth are listed below. Derbyshire contains a remarkable mix of pastoral and industrial scenery and the two counties share with Yorkshire and Cheshire the impressive Peak District. Kinder Scout, an exposed peat plateau, is the highest point of Derbyshire’s Peak District, at the starting... read more

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Calke Abbey  

Calke Abbey

Ticknall, Derby, Derbyshire

Calke Abbey is a baroque mansion, built in the early 18th century for Sir John Harpur, has stood still since the 1920s. It contains the family´s natural history collection, portraits... more


Chatsworth  

Chatsworth

Chatsworth, Bakewell, Derbyshire

The home of the Devonshire family, Chatsworth is one of the treasure houses of England, set in the Peak District National Park, and built in 1552 by Bess of Hardwick. The most... more


Haddon Hall  

Haddon Hall

Bakewell, Derbyshire

Haddon Hall is a magnificent Medieval and Tudor manor house which has changed little since Tudor times. The Dukedom of Rutland was conferred on the Manners family in 1703, and Haddon... more


Hardwick Hall, Gardens & Park  

Hardwick Hall, Gardens & Park

Doe Lea, Chesterfield, Derbyshire

Designed by Robert Smythson for Bess of Hardwick, Hardwick Hall is one of the greatest Elizabethan houses, surviving almost unchanged. The Hall contains one of Europe´s best collections... more


Kedleston Hall  

Kedleston Hall

Derby, Derbyshire

Kedleston Hall is a classical Palladian mansion built in the mid-18th century for the Curzon family. The house has the most complete sequence of Robert Adam interiors in England with... more


Renishaw Hall  

Renishaw Hall

Renishaw Hall, Renishaw Park, Eckington, Sheffield, Derbyshire

Renshaw Hall has been the home of the Sitwell family for over 350 years. The Performing Art Gallery was the brain child of Penelope Sitwell, and this unique gallery celebrates the... more


Sudbury Hall  

Sudbury Hall

Sudbury, Ashbourne, Derbyshire

Sudbury Hall is a most individual late 17th century house with rich interior decoration. The Great Staircase is one of the most elaborate in England and is richly decorated with baskets... more


Tissington Hall  

Tissington Hall

Tissington, Ashbourne, Derbyshire

Tissington Hall was built in the 17th century and lived in by the FitzHerbert family for 500 years, Tissington Hall is a fine specimen of its period with gates wrought by the celebrated... more





Towns in Derbyshire with Historic House listings:   Ashbourne | Bakewell | Chesterfield | Derby | Sheffield