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Whitwell Hall is open by appointment only to anyone with a particular interest in this type of property. The owners are willing to show genuinely intrigued people around.
This late Tudor manor dates from 1593. The manor of Whitwell was purchased by Sir John Manners of Haddon Hall from Elizabeth Hardycke a distant relation to Bess of Hardwick, in 1592. The Manners family built and owned the hall, now owned by a private owner.
The Hall is of great architectural interest for it has an unusual ground floor plan. In the cellars there is a cistern for spring water, popularly, but erroneously known as a well. The hall has an impressive oak panelled room, six panels high. It has the original fireplace, panelled around with a Georgian cast iron basket grate inserted into it. The Great Hall has been transformed into a private museum with artifacts collected by the owner.
The gardens are spectacular and include: a fruit garden, a rose garden, a fern garden, herb garden and a wild garden. The Victoria Albert Museum houses a painting of the hall titled 'Whitwell Hall, Church and Crag' dated 1785 by Samuel Hieronymous Grimm. The hall has had an interesting history and in the 19th century it
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