Listed Building record MDR2730 - Sturston Hall, Mill Lane, Offcote and Underwood
Type and Period (1)
- HOUSE (Stuart to 21st Century - 1650 AD? to 2050 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
Full Description
Sturston Hall, Mill Lane, Offcote and Underwood, originally a mid-17th century building.
'Three-storeyed building with small bricks under 17th century bricks.' (1)
'Sturston Hall, an ancient building, was for nearly three centuries occupied by the family of Tomlinson.' (2)
'A small 17th century farmhouse, called by Bulmer 'an ancient building', is almost certainly a reduced remnant of a larger (and older) building, and contains some instructive features inside.' (3)
'Sturston Hall is a mid-17th century house with a sophisticated plan and accommodation. It is built on a T-plan and has a ground floor providing hall, parlour and dining room. The basement has a kitchen and storage space and the first floor has two heated chambers and further unheated rooms. The attic provides further space for lesser bedrooms and perhaps for storage. The quality of surviving features such as beams and fireplaces is good. The stair appears to be an insertion, replacing an original stair in the same position. A second stair, rising only from first floor to attic, may have been provided originally. The compact plan, the clever arrangement of circulation, and the quality of the internal and external work indicate that the person for whom the house was built was of wealthy status and aware of more than local building forms. Historical evidence suggests that the present house may have existed in 1664, for the number of fireplaces in the house corresponds with that given in the Hearth Tax assessment. The occupier of the house in 1664 was a yeoman, but the owner at that date was a wealthy London goldsmith, and it is possible that he built Sturston Hall as an occasional residence.' (4)
'This house was built new in about 1680, and is not the conversion of an earlier building. It is a plain house with few, but spacious, rooms and an unusually fine staircase. The house remained unchanged until the 19th century when the present kitchen was built. The structure of the house began to deteriorate, and to counter this the cellar under the east parlour was vaulted, walls were buttressed, and the beams in the kitchen supported on brick pillars. The roof deteriorated in the later 20th century, necessitating new purlins.' (1)
From the National Heritage List for England:
'SK 24 NW PARISH OF OFFCOTE AND UNDERWOOD MILL LANE 8/64 (East Side) Sturston Hall
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House. C17 with C19 alterations and additions. Roughcast walls and brick. Plain tile roofs with stone coped gables and plain kneelers. Four brick stacks. T-plan with C19 addition to the north. Two storeys. Chamfered plinth. West elevation, double fronted. Central doorway with stone surround and cambered head. C20 half-glazed door. Flanked on each side by wooden cross windows with ovolo moulded stone surrounds. Two similar windows above. South elevation with two similar windows to the gabled bay and in the gable a partly blocked 3-light chamfer mullion window. To the right, two original cross windows with ovolo moulded stone surrounds and ovolo moulded mullion and transom. In the north gable a similar 3-light window to the one in the south gable. Lower mid- Cl9 wing to the north east. Interior not inspected but reported to have a C17 dogleg staircase.
Listing NGR: SK2017846703.'
(6)
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SDR10000 Index: North Derbyshire Archaeological Trust (NDAT). North Derbyshire Archaeological Trust Index. 1008.
- <2> SDR3507 Bibliographic reference: Bulmer, T and Co.. 1895. History, Topography and Directory of Derbyshire. 285.
- <3> SDR18913 Bibliographic reference: Craven, M & Stanley, M. 1984. The Derbyshire Country House, Vol II. 89.
- <4> SDR19245 Unpublished document: Giles, C (RCHME). 1991. Sturston Hall, Offcote and Underwood, Derbyshire. RCHME Historic Building Report.. NBR No. 87316.
- <5> SDR19784 Unpublished document: Hutton, B. Derby Buildings Record. DBR 239, 9th October 1999.
- <6> SDR19551 Listed Building File: Historic England. 2011. The National Heritage List for England. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1109329?section=official-list-entry.
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Location
| Grid reference | SK 20178 46703 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | OFFCOTE AND UNDERWOOD, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Jan 14 2026 4:16PM