Listed Buildings in Bakewell, Derbyshire
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Contents
INTRODUCTION: HOW THE PERAMBULATION IS ORGANISED
Nikolaus Pevsner, in his guide to Derbyshire, uses a walk through the towns, with descriptions along the way. He calls this "a Perambulation". I am borrowing this style.
The walk starts on the East side of the River Wye, at the North end of the town, moves south, staying on this bank, before retracing one's steps and crossing one of the fine bridges into the older part of Bakewell.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to thank the owners/residents of the following properties for their permission to take my photographs, when I was unable to photograph from public footpaths or roads. The existence of any photograph in this article does not confer any right to access private property.- Bagshaw Hall
- Church House
- Milford House
- Burton Closes
- Victoria Mill
- Coombs Hay
- Brooklands
- Haddon House
- Holme Grange
- Green Cowden Farm
SOURCES
- British Listed Buildings Online, a database where "As well as reading the official listing data for each building, you can also view the location on a map, and, where possible, see it in Google Streetview and Bing Birds Eye View. You can also add your own comments, information and photos and view comments and photos submitted by other users of the site. You can browse for listed buildings by country, county and parish/locality" Link
- Pevsner, N. Derbyshire. Yale University Press, 2nd ed 1978
- Brighton, Trevor. Bakewell. Halsgrove. 2005
- Hey, David. Derbyshire, a history. Carnegie 2008
- Craven, Maxwell & M. Stanley. The Derbyshire Country House. Derbyshire Museum Service.
* Allcock, C.R. Some notes on Bakewell and its historical past ( Bound typescript in Bakewell Library )
DEFINITION OF A LISTED BUILDING
A listed building, in the United Kingdom, is one which has been placed on the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. It is applied to around half a million buildings. The statutory body maintaining the list in England is English Heritage; Cadw (The Historic Environment Service of the Welsh Government) in Wales; Historic Scotland in Scotland; and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) in Northern Ireland.
A listed building may not be demolished, extended, or altered without special permission from the local planning authority.
Most structures appearing on the lists are buildings, but bridges, monuments, sculptures, war memorials, and even milestones and mileposts are included.
THE PERAMBULATION
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- On Baslow Road, on the left side going out of town, after the junction with Holme Lane is the HQ of Peak District National Park Authority, Aldern House
Britain's first national park was established in 1951. Its proximity to the large cities of Manchester and Sheffield and the counties of Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Staffordshire and South and West Yorkshire have contributed to its popularity. The Peak District is estimated to have around 10 million annual visitors
- Cross the road and, returning south, next is Newholme Hospital The Bakewell Union Workhouse, completed in 1841, to a design by a Sheffield architect in the style of a Jacobean manor-house.250 inmates plus the staff lived here. Later a mortuary, chapel and infirmary were added. The hospital now offers rehabilitation for the elderly and services for elderly mental health patients, and Podiatry, Audiology and Physiotherapy.
(and behind the hospital) 
- Stay on this side of the road, and at the junction with Castle Mount Crescent is Castle Hill Cottage and Farmhouse
- Go up Castle Mount Crescent, then right up Castle Drive, then right on to Burre Close. The next one is located in what were the grounds of Castle Hill House, now in a private garden. and another viewPart of Bakewell's first piped water supply, from a reservoir on the edge of Manners WoodA map in Allcock's "Notes" shows the approximate location of the reservoir, near the Wicksop Springs, ie somewhere in the golf course.Built for the Duke of Rutland, in 1831, as a water supply pump or filter house. No original machinery exists.
- Next stop is the old railway station at The station is now a point on the Monsal Trail. Had Chatsworth prevailed over Haddon, this line and station might never have been here. Chatsworth wanted the line in their land, the people of Bakewell wanted it to follow the river and have the station in town. Haddon wanted the line, but not to see it, so it ran behind Haddon and ended up here).
and an essential ingredient for keeping the trains running was at 
The station opened in 1862, and the line helped promote local farming, industry, commerce and tourism.
- Go down Station Road and just at the bend, on your left, is The Cottage
- At the bottom of the road, again on the left are Croft Cottages, nos 1 and 2
- Keep left, turning on to Coombs Road and after 200 yards go up the footpath on the left to Outrake Cottage
. Back down to Coombs Road, turn left and shortly you will be at BrooklandsA Georgian house, built by a member of the Barker family, prominent Bakewell people who had succeeded the Bagshaws as the Duke of Rutland's stewards. - Kitchen gardens
and potting sheds 
- Further along Coombs Road is the railway bridge, now at the end of the Monsal Trail, but which once took the Midland line into the grounds of Haddon Hall
. The Manchester, Buxton, Matlock & Midland Junction Railway had reached Rowsley in 1849. The Duke of Devonshire wanted the line to run through his lands to Baslow (convenient for his Lordship to pop up to London). Bakewell people wanted it to enter the Wye Valley, and the Duke of Rutland reluctantly agreed, provided the line was concealed by a cut-and-cover tunnel.
- Turn right down a rutted track till you reach a footpath sign and notice of Private Property. In order to spot Elliotholme Lodge, you need to walk on the footpath a short while.
- Go back along Coombs Road to the junction with Station Road. At the main Baslow Road can be seenBridge Cottage and a 19C Gothic Revival style drinking fountain.In 1872 the Duke of Rutland had constructed a new water supply from a reservoir on Coombs Hill. The old wells were capped and a water rate of 1s 3d was set. To celebrate this, a group of townsmen led by Robert Cross of Milford House erected a water fountain. Today it is still referred to as Cross's Folly. It was not until 1908 that the town water supply was connected to the fountain, having previously still been connected to the Duke's supply
- We are not crossing the river yet. Go north on Baslow Road, and you will see, on your rightCastle Hill House, one of several fine houses built at the end of the 18th century, had extensive grounds, from the bridge up to Ball Cross (the hill above the town). Built in 1785 by Alexander Bossley, it later became the boarding house for Lady Manners School, and is once again a private house, as are the stables.
- Carry on, overlooking the river. At the steps down you can see Continue along to the junction with Holme Lane, and the gateway to Burre HouseBurre House. This house, as was Brooklands, was built by a relative of the family of Alexander Bossley.
- West Lodge
to Holme Hall.
- Continue along the lane, a stable in the meadow
and opposite you will see Holme Grange 
Mews Cottage 
and the linking wall, with mounting block 
- Holme Hall...Described in The Derbyshire Country House ... A moderate sized but impressive house, built in 1626, and evidently owing much to Haddon in its inspiration. It has 3 storeys, mullioned and transomed windows..."
- A letter from me requesting permission to photograph within the grounds was not answered, (one of only two refusals ) so photos are from Holme Lane Grade 1 listed Building.A mansion, dated 1626 and 1628 but with earlier and later wings.The 1626-28 range built for Bernard Wells. Coursed limestone
and chert with ashlar sandstone to the porch facade, parapets,
stacks and dressings; graduated slate and stone slate roofs.
British Listed Buildings Linkby Peter BarrShared DescriptionThe Gazebo, on the slope of the garden, seen from Holme LaneThe Summerhouse, seen from Holme Lane
- Next door is Lumford House, 1,2 and 3
with a blue plaque. (Trevor Brighton says that this dwelling was once known as Rock House. Richard Arkwright jnr once lived here. There is a property called Rock House, a listed building, across the river, opposite the Fire Station) - Carry on, past Lumford Cottages to Lumford Mill, with the bridge over the mill stream
, the river bridge 
and the original part of Arkwright's Mill 
.
- Cross the bridge and walk north for 200 yards, and on the opposite side are Bluebell Cottage
and Greenlands 
. Now turn back south towards the town, pausing at the sheepwash enclosure 
and Holme Bridge Holme Bridge, dating from 1664, and a former packhorse crossing point.It is said that packhorse leaders, coming from Monyash or Sheldon, used this bridge to avoid paying tolls in the centre of the townThe goods were carried in pannier baskets, slung on either side of the horse. The bridge was wide enough, and the parapets low enough, to enable a horse to cross to the other side
- Just south of the footpath from Holme Bridge, on Buxton Road is a milestone
- Walk towards town, with the mill leat on your left.
- Opposite the Fire Station is Rock House
- Victoria Mill, at one time the Bakewell Corn Mill, was rebuilt about 1800, with a large cast-iron mill wheel, now preserved out of the water.
Opposite the mill is a row of terraced cottages 
- Just around the corner, on Mill Street is the entrance to Milford House.This Georgian house was bought in 1876 by Robert Cross, a retired cotton manufacturer from Blackburn. It has been in recent years a hotel
- The bridge over the mill tailrace, with its obelisk
. Several houses and cottages here in Arkwright Square, built as housing for the workers at the Mill. The cast-iron grid windows are similar to those in Arkwright's factories.
Come out of Mill Street, with the large building Milford Court,
on your right, and cross Buxton Road. Before the Ashford Turnpike exit from the town was built here, some buildings were demolished, so there could be a straight road, instead of the previous loop through Millford.- Now go up the steep Bagshaw Hill, with numbers 1, 2, and 3 at the foot of the hill
. Further up, past the bend, you reach The gate piers and wallsA splendid 17th century hall, built for Thomas Bagshaw, attorney and Steward to the Earl of Rutland. He looked after the Earl's affairs, particularly lead mining, as the Earl was busy with the rebuilding of Belvoir Castle
, and inside the grounds, Hall Cottage 
The wall on the other side of Bagshaw Hill, opposite the entrance, is part of the old garden walls. 
This is now the boundary wall of three modern properties. - Near the top of the hill are Yew Tree House
and joined on to it, Yew Tree Cottage 
and its garden wall 
- Turn right on to Stanedge Road and the cottages on the right side
, numbers 1 and 2 are listed. Retrace your steps. At the top of Bagshaw Hill, on your right is Cunningham Place, and a short walk will bring you to the Old House Museum 
, formerly cottages built by Sir Richard Arkwright for some of his mill workforce. The Harrison family gave this building to the newly formed Bakewell & District Historical Society in 1954. - Go down the jennel. Opposite isand turn right onto Church Lane. On the right is Parsonage Croft, a narrow lane with Parsonage CottageChantry House. Despite its appearance as an eighteenth century house, it has been continuously occupied for at least eight hundred years. It is so called because of its connections with the Chantry of Our Lady and the Chantry of the Holy Cross, medieval institutions which engaged priests to say masses in Bakewell Church. The house was rebuilt in 1780, and had extensive repairs in 2014
- Go through the lych gate into the church yard. The medieval cross which is thought to have been brought to this site from Hassop crossroadsand the cross shaft which stands south of the church porch
- Through the church yard at the bottom left, back on to North Church Street, most of the cottages of which are listed buildings
1820 Cottage, Spire Cottage and Hillside Cottage, and the railings
Imsworth Cottage, Gritston Cottage and Wainstones
Church Cottage
Numbers 25 and 26, and garden walls
Jasmine Cottage, Green Lea, Bryn Cottage and Claverley House (and garden wall)
The Limes
Numbers 35, 36 and 37
This view of North Church Street is from the church tower
You are now at Chantry House again, with a view of the top of North Church Street, from the church tower
- Now retrace your steps down Bagshaw Hill, and turn right along Buxton Road.
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