History in Structure

Numbers 1, 2 and 3 Grosvenor Mansions

A Grade II Listed Building in Buxton, Derbyshire

More Photos »
Approximate Location Map
Large Map »

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.2568 / 53°15'24"N

Longitude: -1.9162 / 1°54'58"W

OS Eastings: 405685

OS Northings: 373316

OS Grid: SK056733

Mapcode National: GBR HZ1S.Y7

Mapcode Global: WHBBS.JDQL

Plus Code: 9C5W734M+PG

Entry Name: Numbers 1, 2 and 3 Grosvenor Mansions

Listing Date: 31 January 1997

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1259389

English Heritage Legacy ID: 462935

ID on this website: 101259389

Location: Buxton, High Peak, Derbyshire, SK17

County: Derbyshire

District: High Peak

Town: High Peak

Electoral Ward/Division: Buxton Central

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Buxton

Traditional County: Derbyshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Derbyshire

Church of England Parish: Buxton with Burbage and King Sterndale

Church of England Diocese: Derby

Tagged with: House

Find accommodation in
Buxton

Description



BUXTON

SK0573SE BROAD WALK
616-1/4/7 (East side)
Grosvenor Mansions, Nos.1, 2 and 3

GV II

Row of 3 villas or boarding houses, now houses. Mid C19.
Possibly by Sir Joseph Paxton for the Duke of Devonshire.
Rock-faced millstone grit with ashlar dressings and Welsh
slate roofs with stone stacks.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys plus attics and basement. Chamfered
plinth, first-floor band, ground and first-floor sill bands
and flush quoins.
Symmetrical front, 9-window range. Central doorway with
projecting pilaster porch with Ionic columns in antis and
moulded cornice plus a glazed door with overlight, and above a
plain sash. Flanked by pairs of 2-storey canted bay windows
with plain sashes and hipped lead roofs. Flanked again by
single doorways with pilaster surrounds and moulded cornices
with glazed doors and overlights, and above single plain
sashes. Flanked at either end by further single 2-storey
canted windows. Above 9 segment headed plain sashes, and above
again 9 gables each with a smaller segment headed plain sash.
Basement openings to each bay window, and steps up to each
doorway.
Left and right returns 2 window with plain sashes.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
The Broad Walk comprises a series of Victorian villas and a
walk overlooking the Pavilion Gardens originally laid out by
Paxton c1850, though most of the surrounding houses were built
by speculative developers. Some are reputed to be designed in
detail by his former pupil Edward Milner from 1871, and built
by Sanders & Woolcott of London for the 7th Duke.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Derbyshire:
Harmondsworth: 1953-1986: 117).



Listing NGR: SK0568573316

External Links

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

Other nearby listed buildings

BritishListedBuildings.co.uk is an independent online resource and is not associated with any government department. All government data published here is used under licence. Please do not contact BritishListedBuildings.co.uk for any queries related to any individual listed building, planning permission related to listed buildings or the listing process itself.

British Listed Buildings is a Good Stuff website.