North Lees Hall is a picturesque manor house in a secluded position below Stanage Edge. The oldest part of the building, the Tower House, dates to 1594. In 1845, Charlotte Bronte visited the Hall several times and it became the inspiration for Thornfield Hall in the novel ‘Jane Eyre’. North Lees Hall is Grade II-listed.

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A settlement was first mentioned here in 1306 with the existing grade II* listed Tower House dating from 1594 and probably replacing an earlier Elizabethan timber-framed hall house. Its design …

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1. Bronte's Thornfield Hall from Hathersage — Peak District National Park

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2. North Lees Hall – Stanage Edge loop from Hathersage

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3. Stanage Edge Viewpoint – Stanage Edge loop from Grindleford

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Location: Hathersage, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom

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1. Bronte's Thornfield Hall from Hathersage — Peak District National Park

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