Gardens · East Midlands
Chase Cliffe
Chase Cliffe — a garden in england-east-midlands, United Kingdom.
Colin Pyle — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
- Dog-friendly
About
Chase Cliffe is a garden of interest in england-east-midlands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Chase Cliffe is a building situated between the villages of Whatstandwell and Crich in Derbyshire. The house was built in 1859 by the three sisters of then deceased Francis Hurt.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
In 1854, Francis Hurt died and his three unmarried sisters had to leave Alderwasley Hall to make space for his male heir. Upon the death of Hurt, the sisters were paid large sums to guarantee their financial independence, and in 1859 they started construction on a country home near Crich, Derbyshire. This house was built on the site of "Hob Hall", a house of which little is known. Benjamin Ferrey was consulted as architect, and the house was built to an irregular T plan of regular coursed gritstone and ashlar dressings. The house is mainly of two storeys with gabled dormers to the attics. The southern elevation has an open four-bay arcade with segmental arches from octagonal piers.…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 53.0793, -1.4911
- County
- Derbyshire
- District
- Amber Valley
- Parish
- Crich
- Postcode
- DE4 5ER
- Parliamentary constituency
- Derbyshire Dales
- Established
- 1861
Sources
- wikidata: Q26402896 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Chase Cliffe (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Chase Cliffe?
- Chase Cliffe is in Derbyshire, the East Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode DE4 5ER), in the parish of Crich.
- When was Chase Cliffe built?
- Built or established in 1861.
- How do I get to Chase Cliffe?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode DE4 5ER. It sits within the Derbyshire Dales parliamentary constituency.