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Building record MDR3547 - Court House, Holme Hall, Bakewell

Type and Period (1)

  • (Elizabethan to Victorian - 1600 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

A building reputed to have been used as a court house and dated to the 17th century. It is square with rubble walling. It has a pyramid roof of stone tiles with a finial. There is one window, of two lights with leaded casements and diamond shaped quarrels. There is a top window in each wall. (1) A small, square building in the garden. It looks at first sight like a dovecote, but it is, according to tradition, a court-house. (2)

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Index: North Derbyshire Archaeological Trust (NDAT). North Derbyshire Archaeological Trust Index: 3236. 3236.
  • <2> Article in serial: Christian, R. 1965. 'Derbyshire Homes, Holme Hall, Bakewell', Derbyshire Life and Countryside.

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Location

Grid reference SK 21 69 (point) (Approximate)
Civil Parish BAKEWELL, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

Nov 13 2017 12:45PM

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