Was out mooching about in the snow and stumbled upon this place up on the hillside, always having a torch and my camera with me we decided to have a nosey.
Hardly the best, but a nice old building with its own lake! Looks like it's been mothballed to be dome up to whatever whoever buys it wants it for.
History taken from a website dedicated to the place.
for more info and pics visit http://www.bennetstonhall.com/
onto my pics, as said its stripped out and it was snowing so there wasn't too much to take photos of and outside i didn't want my camera getting soaked.
Hardly the best, but a nice old building with its own lake! Looks like it's been mothballed to be dome up to whatever whoever buys it wants it for.
History taken from a website dedicated to the place.
Bennetston Hall was built in the late Nineteenth Century by local doctor and property speculator Robert Ottiwell Gifford Bennett MD (1834 – 1902) although Bennett himself is not thought to have lived there.
Robert Bennett MD was a prominent local doctor who also gave his name to Buxton’s Bennett Street. Bennett was an ancestor of the Rev. J. Bennett, founder of the Methodist Society and associate of the Rev. John Wesley, founder of Wesleyan Methodism.
The Hall was originally the home of the writer Mrs Coddington, a descendant of William Coddington, the 17th Century governor of Rhode Island and founder of Newport, Rhode Island. The Coddington family lived in Bennetston Hall for many years until circa 1920. A notable descendent of the Derbyshire Coddington family is the celebrated Grace Coddington, former model and the creative director of American Vogue magazine.
In the 1930′s this substantial property was acquired by the YHA and became a Youth Hostel. Since the Second World War Bennetston Hall has been at various times over the years a private dwelling, a nightclub and a hotel.
Robert Bennett MD was a prominent local doctor who also gave his name to Buxton’s Bennett Street. Bennett was an ancestor of the Rev. J. Bennett, founder of the Methodist Society and associate of the Rev. John Wesley, founder of Wesleyan Methodism.
The Hall was originally the home of the writer Mrs Coddington, a descendant of William Coddington, the 17th Century governor of Rhode Island and founder of Newport, Rhode Island. The Coddington family lived in Bennetston Hall for many years until circa 1920. A notable descendent of the Derbyshire Coddington family is the celebrated Grace Coddington, former model and the creative director of American Vogue magazine.
In the 1930′s this substantial property was acquired by the YHA and became a Youth Hostel. Since the Second World War Bennetston Hall has been at various times over the years a private dwelling, a nightclub and a hotel.
for more info and pics visit http://www.bennetstonhall.com/
onto my pics, as said its stripped out and it was snowing so there wasn't too much to take photos of and outside i didn't want my camera getting soaked.
