Historic Houses in Derbyshire

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,... more

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... more

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... more

Renishaw Hall, Renishaw Park, Eckington, Sheffield, Derbyshire  

Home to the Sitwell family for 400 years. Renishaw is still very much a family home which adds to its unique atmosphere. Tours every Friday at 2.30pm in season enabling you to... more

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... more

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... more

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... more

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