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Visitors exploring the Long Gallery at Hardwick, Derbyshire — Visitors exploring the Long Gallery at Hardwick, Derbyshire | © National Trust Images/Annapurna Mellor

Houses and buildings in the Peak District and Derbyshire

Explore houses trapped in time, ornate Elizabethan wonders and historic mills in the heart of the country.

Houses and buildings to visit in the Peak District and Derbyshire

Kedleston Hall

Visit the Hall at Kedleston, which is a prime example of 18th-century Palladian and Neoclassical inspired architecture and the ancestral residence of the Curzon family.

Two visitors looking up at the domed white and gold ceiling of the saloon at Kedleston Hall

Hardwick Hall

Hardwick Hall is the legacy of a woman who had the vision, wealth and sheer audacity to commission a house that shouts innovation from the rooftops.

Two visitors marvelling at the scale of how tall the Long Gallery is at Hardwick

The house at Calke Abbey

Discover the 'un-stately' home at Calke Abbey, where peeling paint and abandoned rooms vividly portray a period when many country houses didn't survive.

Image shows the Dining Room at Calke Abbey. The dining table is in the centre of the room and the table is laid for a meal.

The house at Lyme

Inside Lyme's Regency mansion, you can discover unusual objects and strange secrets from six centuries of family history at Lyme in Cheshire.

The Entrance Hall at Lyme Park, Stockport, Cheshire

The Children’s Country House at Sudbury

The Children’s Country House at Sudbury. Having fun with history.

South-west end of Sudbury Hall in autumn Derbyshire

Staunton Harold Church

Imposing church built in 1653, with fine panelled interior

The tower at Staunton Harold Church seen through the trees on a sunny day

The Old Manor

A low, stone-built medieval hall, set in the picturesque countryside of Derbyshire.

View across the herb knot garden, with a stone path and a round-arched wooden door in a stone wall, towards the medieval range of The Old Manor, Norbury, Derbyshire.

Stainsby Mill

Learn about the waterwheel and find out how the cogs, wheels and other machinery all work together at the mill.

Mill cog closeup

A blue and purple sky reflected in a large expanse of water with a small silhouetted jetty jutting into the water on the bottom left and a silhouetted twiggy tree branch in the top left. In the distance are snow-capped hills, bathing in morning sunlight.

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Historic houses, arts and crafts cottages and the spectacular Peak District make up this varied part of the Midlands.

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