Haddon Hall

Haddon Hall is a fortified manor house on the river Wye in Derbyshire. It exhibits Elizabethan and Tudor architecture reflecting a build period initially dating back to the 11th century with additions spread between 13th to 17th century which form the majaor parts of the current structure, for example the banquetting hall and kitchens date to 1370. The hall is currently owned by Lord and Lady Edward Manners and the Manners family inherited the hall through marriage in 1565. By 1703 ownership was in the hands of a John Manners who was 9th Earl of Rutland and was made the 1st Duke of Rutland in that year and moved to Belvoir Castle. As a consequence he and his heirs used Haddon very little and it therefore remeined largely unaltered from its 16th century condition. By the 1920s the hall was owned by another John Manners who was 9th Duke of Rutland and he undertook a lifetime of meticulous restoration leading to the hall being described as "the most complete and most interesting house of its period". Haddon Hall has been a Grade 1 listed property since 1951 and the Elizabethan gardens have been Grade 1 listed since 1984.