Description

SK0573SE
616-1/4/20

BUXTON
BROAD WALK
(South East side)
No.12
Derby House

GV
II

Villa or boarding house now nursing home. Mid C19. Possibly by
Sir Joseph Paxton for the Duke of Devonshire. Coursed
millstone grit rubble with ashlar dressings, Welsh slate roof
with over-hanging eaves supported on wooden brackets and stone
stacks.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic storey. Raised vermiculated
quoins, plinth and first-floor band. 3-window front has
central doorway in segment headed surround with moulded impost
and keystone plus 4 panel door with overlight inscribed DERBY
HOUSE/ NURSING HOME. Above a round headed window with raised
keystone, blind top, plain sash and projecting sill on
brackets. Flanking the door are 2 two storey bays, that to
right canted, that to left rectangular to ground but canted to
1st floor with hipped lead roof. All windows have horned
sashes.
Left return of 6 windows arranged 2:4 has 2 storey canted bay
window with gabled dormer in roof, and 3 round headed through
eaves gabled dormer windows.
Right return of 6 windows arranged 2:4. 2 window section to
left has 2 storey canted bay window and broad open pediment
with 4 round headed casement windows. Section to right has
pairs of plain sashes and 3 through eaves gabled dormers each
with a pair of 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 pupil Edward Milner from 1871, and built by
Saunders & Woolcott of London for the 7th Duke.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Derbyshire:
Harmondsworth: 1953-1986: 117).

Listing NGR: SK0560273196

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26550537

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