Sutton Scarsdale Hall. Sutton Scarsdale, Derbyshire
24th November 2021
7.30pm
Sutton Scarsdale hall is down a gated driveway that is locked between the hours of 7pm-7am. During these hours it is free to go and walk around the grounds and grasp a scale of how large the building is. However the actual house itself is fenced off for restoration work as it is owned by English heritage.
If you want to visit after hours as I did there is a footpath less than 50m down the road through the farm yard which takes you straight there as well, a small 5 minute walk if that.
From my research it has been fenced off for 5/6 years which is a real shame places like this aren’t opened back up so we can imagine what they once must of been like.
The only bit still fenced off within the house is the room that still has the original plaster on the walls, you can see this in the 3 picture below.
The cellar, the main bit I came to see has been locked up for even longer, even when the house was open to the public.
The tunnel down in their cellar is rumoured to go to a nearby wood, I was planning on attempting this but at 6ft 4 there was no way I was going to fit, if any fellow followers would like to do it for me would be very grateful.
In its day Sutton Scarsdale Hall was said to be one of the finest houses in the Derbyshire area even rivalling the interior of Chatsworth House, it is now a ruined shell, standing proudly on a hill overlooking the Bolsover Valley.
“The below bit is from English heritage’s website”
It was built 1724-29, with an immensely columned exterior. It has been roofless since 1919, as it was denned unsafe and to protect the rest of the building.
John Arkwright, a descendant of the industrialist Richard Arkwright, bought the hall, but in 1919 the family sold it to a company of asset strippers.
Many of its finely decorated rooms were sold off as architectural salvage and the house was reduced to a shell. Some rooms still exist: three interiors are displayed at the Museum of Art in Philadelphia.
The ruins of the hall were saved from demolition by the writer Sir Osbert Sitwell, who bought it in 1946 after he had heard of the impending sale to dismantle the stonework. In 1970 descendants of the Sitwells persuaded the Department of the Environment to take the building into guardianship and preserve it for the nation.
I am intrigued by the paranormal and the history hidden within many places like this, I know this isn’t a paranormal forum and I have visited just as many places that have no links what so ever. I love old buildings and the history that goes along with them. I also enjoy wondering how they were built so many years ago without the use of modern technology and how they achieved the magnificent carvings and details!
This is my first post! More than open to “constructive” criticism and getting more reports up so that I can share and enjoy many secret places that only a few of you know exist! Apologies if this in the wrong thread, feel free to point me in the right direction so I don't make the same mistake again.
All photos taken on my iPhone, I've already decided I need a camera to get better pictures, inside the cellar the photos have come out well, the outside ones at nighttime aren't brilliant!
Enjoy!
The original plasterwork, I took this through the fence as its all fenced off within the building.
The tunnel rumoured to go to a nearby wood.
24th November 2021
7.30pm
Sutton Scarsdale hall is down a gated driveway that is locked between the hours of 7pm-7am. During these hours it is free to go and walk around the grounds and grasp a scale of how large the building is. However the actual house itself is fenced off for restoration work as it is owned by English heritage.
If you want to visit after hours as I did there is a footpath less than 50m down the road through the farm yard which takes you straight there as well, a small 5 minute walk if that.
From my research it has been fenced off for 5/6 years which is a real shame places like this aren’t opened back up so we can imagine what they once must of been like.
The only bit still fenced off within the house is the room that still has the original plaster on the walls, you can see this in the 3 picture below.
The cellar, the main bit I came to see has been locked up for even longer, even when the house was open to the public.
The tunnel down in their cellar is rumoured to go to a nearby wood, I was planning on attempting this but at 6ft 4 there was no way I was going to fit, if any fellow followers would like to do it for me would be very grateful.
In its day Sutton Scarsdale Hall was said to be one of the finest houses in the Derbyshire area even rivalling the interior of Chatsworth House, it is now a ruined shell, standing proudly on a hill overlooking the Bolsover Valley.
“The below bit is from English heritage’s website”
It was built 1724-29, with an immensely columned exterior. It has been roofless since 1919, as it was denned unsafe and to protect the rest of the building.
John Arkwright, a descendant of the industrialist Richard Arkwright, bought the hall, but in 1919 the family sold it to a company of asset strippers.
Many of its finely decorated rooms were sold off as architectural salvage and the house was reduced to a shell. Some rooms still exist: three interiors are displayed at the Museum of Art in Philadelphia.
The ruins of the hall were saved from demolition by the writer Sir Osbert Sitwell, who bought it in 1946 after he had heard of the impending sale to dismantle the stonework. In 1970 descendants of the Sitwells persuaded the Department of the Environment to take the building into guardianship and preserve it for the nation.
I am intrigued by the paranormal and the history hidden within many places like this, I know this isn’t a paranormal forum and I have visited just as many places that have no links what so ever. I love old buildings and the history that goes along with them. I also enjoy wondering how they were built so many years ago without the use of modern technology and how they achieved the magnificent carvings and details!
This is my first post! More than open to “constructive” criticism and getting more reports up so that I can share and enjoy many secret places that only a few of you know exist! Apologies if this in the wrong thread, feel free to point me in the right direction so I don't make the same mistake again.
All photos taken on my iPhone, I've already decided I need a camera to get better pictures, inside the cellar the photos have come out well, the outside ones at nighttime aren't brilliant!
Enjoy!
The original plasterwork, I took this through the fence as its all fenced off within the building.
The tunnel rumoured to go to a nearby wood.
