Lost houses of Derbyshire
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This is a partial list of country houses in Derbyshire which have been demolished:
- Appleby Hall. Demolished 1920s
- Aston Lodge, Aston-on-Trent. Demolished 1933 ( see Joseph GreavesJoseph Greaves-Biography:Greaves was the son of another Joseph Greaves from Ingleby and Foremark who has bought purchased land in Aston-on-Trent in Derbyshire. It was his father who had commissioned the building of Aston Lodge...
) - Chaddesden Hall, ChaddesdenChaddesdenChaddesden, also known locally as Chad, is a large suburb of Derby, United Kingdom, formerly known as Cedesdene.-Cedesene village:The old village of Cedesene is situated two and a half miles east of the city...
. Demolished 1920s. - Chilcote Hall
- Drakelow Hall. Demolished (see Gresley BaronetsGresley BaronetsThe Baronetcy of Gresley of Drakelow was created in the Baronetage of England on 29 June 1611 for George Gresley of Drakelow Hall, Derbyshire who was later High Sheriff of Derbyshire and Member of Parliament for Newcastle under Lyme .The Gresleys were an ancient Norman family, descended from Nigel...
) - Darley AbbeyDarley AbbeyDarley Abbey is a village on the outskirts of Derby, England. The village is located on the River Derwent and is associated with the world heritage site of Derwent Valley Mills.- History :...
Hall. Demolished 1962. - Derwent Hall. Drowned by Flooding 1943.
- Doveridge Hall. Demolished 1938 (see Cavendish Baronets)
- Eggington Hall. Demolished 1955.
- Etwall Hall. Demolished 1952
- Farnah Hall. Demolished 1940
- Glapwell Hall. Demolished 1950s (see National Coal BoardNational Coal BoardThe National Coal Board was the statutory corporation created to run the nationalised coal mining industry in the United Kingdom. Set up under the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946, it took over the mines on "vesting day", 1 January 1947...
) - Glossop HallGlossop HallGlossop Hall was the last residential building on the site of Royle Hall in Glossop, Derbyshire.Work started on the penultimate building around 1730 and it was used as a hunting lodge. The building as shown was only used for part of the year....
. - Kirk Hallam Hall. Demolished 1972.
- Markeaton HallMarkeaton HallMarkeaton Hall was an 18th century country house at Markeaton, Derby, Derbyshire. It is one of the Lost houses of Derbyshire.-History:The manor of Markeaton was held by the Tuchet family from the 13th century....
. Demolished 1964 - Padley Hall. Demolished 19th century.
- Osmaston HallOsmaston HallOsmaston Hall was built in 1696 in extensive grounds of what is now Osmaston, a part of Derby. The house was the home of the Wilmot Baronets, and the Fox family before being used for a golf club and railway business. The house was demolished in 1938.-History:...
, Osmaston, DerbyOsmaston, DerbyOsmaston is a suburb of the city of Derby, England. It is situated about 4 km south of the city centre, it is written in the Domesday Book as Osmundestune. In 1307 the manor of Osmaston was granted to Robert Holland. It was the location of Osmaston Hall the residence of the Wilmots Baronets...
. Demolished 1938 (see Wilmot BaronetsWilmot BaronetsThere have been three Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Wilmot, one in the Baronetage of Ireland and two in the Baronetage of Great Britain. One creation is extant as of 2008....
). - Osmaston ManorOsmaston, Derbyshire DalesOsmaston is a small village in the Derbyshire Dales in the county of Derbyshire in England.Located two and a half miles south of Ashbourne, Osmaston is an archetypal English village with thatched cottages and a village pond.-History:...
, Osmaston, Derbyshire Dales. Demolished 1964. ( see Walker-Okeover BaronetsWalker-Okeover BaronetsThe Walker, later Walker-Okeover Baronetcy, of Gateacre Grange in the County of Lancaster and of Osmaston Manor in the County of Derby, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 12 February 1886 for Andrew Walker, a brewer, Mayor of Liverpool, High Sheriff of Lancashire...
). - Shallcross Hall. Demolished 1968.
- Shipley HallShipley HallShipley Hall was a Hall and country estate near Heanor and Ilkeston in Derbyshire, England which now forms a Country Park.-Early history:The Shipley Estate is an ancient manor which was referenced in the Domesday Book. From the 14th century the land was extensive forest used for hunting, with a...
. Demolished 1948. - Snelston Hall. Demolished 1953.
- Spondon Hall.
- WillesleyWillesleyWillesley is a place near Ashby-de-la-Zouch. It was in Derbyshire but is now part of Leicestershire. In the 19th century it had a population of about 60 and Willesley Hall was the home of the Abney and later the Abney-Hastings family. Willesley is so small that it would be a hamlet except that it...
Hall. Demolished 1952 - WirksworthWirksworthWirksworth is a small market town in Derbyshire, England, with a population of over 9,000.The population of the Wirksworth area including Cromford, Bolehill and Middleton-by-Wirksworth is about 12,000. Wirksworth is listed in the Domesday Book in 1086. Within it is the source of the River...
Hall. Demolished 1922. - Wingerworth HallWingerworth HallWingerworth Hall, demolished 1927, was the ancestral home of the Hunloke family in the village of Wingerworth, Derbyshire, England. It was built on an elevated site and completed in 1724 by an unknown architect. The house was in the rare style of understated Baroque peculiar to England...
. Demolished 1927