Haddon Hall

Haddon Hall

Haddon Hall
Bakewell
Derbyshire
DE45 1LA

Tel: 01629 812 855
Fax: 01629 814 379
E-Mail: info@haddonhall.co.uk

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About Haddon Hall

Haddon Hall is probably the finest example of a fortified medieval manor house in existence. Present-day Haddon Hall dates from the 12th Century to the early 17th Century, whereupon it lay dormant for over two hundred years from 1700 until the 1920s, when the 9th Duke and Duchess of Rutland restored the house and gardens, and once again made it habitable.
Avoiding fire; warfare; family misfortune and changing fashions, little has changed over the recent centuries and Haddon provides a unique view of early English life and history.
Even though Haddon is of a sturdy construction and has admirably withstood the test of time, Restoration work on the Hall is an ongoing process largely made possible by income from visitors. The most noticeable recent repairs have been to the stonework of some of the windows made necessary by the long-term effect of weather, and corrosion of the wrought iron glazing bars. The most recent project has been the restoration of the three windows in the south wall of the chapel, built in the early 15th Century, and completed in the spring of 2004. This has been a delicate project with the intricate stonework being exactly copied, using local Derbyshire sandstone, in the same perpendicular style and carefully mortared back into position. The windows we