Built by Samuel Grimshaw for his son as a wedding present. At its height it employed 20 staff and had a coal mine, water mill, housing for servants and a school.

Manny & Daisy

November 25, 2024

Errwood Hall was built in the 1830s by Samuel Grimshawe, a wealthy Manchester businessman, and was occupied by the Grimshawe family for the next hundred years. The hall was the centre of a thriving estate of over 2,000 acres (8.1 km2), consisting of several farms, a school, the Cat and Fiddle Inn, a private coal mine and the hamlet of Goyt's Bridge. The family planted many specimen trees including an abundance of azaleas and rhododendrons.

Samuel’s grandchildren were the last members of the family to live in the hall, which was later demolished in connection with the construction of the Fernilee Reservoir in 1934. Stones from the demolished hall were used to construct the water treatment works below the reservoir.

Simon Wilson

May 1, 2025

Fantastic old ruins of Errwood Hall

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Location: Hartington Upper Quarter, High Peak, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom

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Errwood Hall Ruins

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