Quadrant Cottage Buxton Derbyshire
This superb semi-detached cottage can be found tucked away on a quiet street in the heart of Buxton, with the spa towns main attractions right on your doorstep. Located behind the beautiful Victorian Grade II listed buildings of The Quadrant, Quadrant Cottage is set out over three floors and has been beautifully furnished throughout with wonderful attention to detail in each and every room. Opposite The Quadrant is Cavendish Arcade which is home to a range of independent boutique shops and craft and gift emporiums. Buxton’s iconic Opera House and the beautiful Pavilion Gardens are less than a 5-minute walk, and a wide range of restaurants, cafés, pubs and wine bars are available in the immediate vicinity.
Most noted for its striking architecture, Buxton is also recognised as the Gateway to the Peak District National Park. The Ring of Trees trail, and footpaths up to Corbar Cross and Solomon’s Temple provide wonderful walks direct from Buxton itself, with a whole host of other Peak District towns and villages within easy reach. Tideswell, Castleton, Eyam and Bakewell can all be reached within a half hour drive as can the wonderful historic houses of Haddon Hall and Chatsworth. Matlock, Matlock Bath, Ashbourne and even Britain’s premier theme park Alton Towers are around a 45-minute drive, and finally for those wanting to give their car a rest, Buxton train station is a 10-minute walk. Shop ¼ mile, pub 30 yards and restaurant 15 yards.
Music by Beulah
Devonshire Dome Clock, Buxton
A look at the clock on the old Devonshire Royal Hospital in Buxton, Derbyshire.
The Devonshire Royal Hospital building (now popularly known as the Devonshire Dome) is a Grade II* listed 18th-century former stable block in Buxton, Derbyshire. It was built by John Carr of York and extended by architect Robert Rippon Duke who added what was then the world's largest unsupported dome, with a diameter of 44.2 metres (145 ft). It is now the site of the Devonshire campus of the University of Derby.
Built between 1780 and 1789, the original building was designed by John Carr of York for William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire. Octagonal in shape, it housed up to 110 horses and the servants of the guests of the Crescent Hotel, built in combination as part of the plan to promote Buxton as a spa town.
In 1859, the Buxton Bath Charity had persuaded the Duke of Devonshire to allow part of the building -- by then accommodating nothing like the 110 horses for which it was designed -- to be converted to a charity hospital for the use of the 'sick poor' coming in for treatment from the 'Cottonopolis' of Lancashire and Yorkshire. The Devonshire estate architect, Henry Currey, architect for St Thomas's Hospital in London, converted two thirds of the building into a hospital.
In 1881, the Buxton Bath Charity trustees under their chairman Dr William Henry Robertson, persuaded William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire to give them the use of the whole building in exchange for providing new stables elsewhere in the town. Local architect Robert Rippon Duke was commissioned to design a 300-bed hospital to rival Bath and Harrogate for charity medical provision. The Cotton Districts Convalescent fund put up £25,000 for the conversion. The steel structure was clad in slate, and proposed to be supported by 22 curved steel arms. However, during construction the Tay Bridge disaster occurred on 28 December 1879, and so the number of arms was revised upwards. Railway engineer Mr Footner advised that the designers of the Tay Rail Bridge had not taken into account the stresses of lateral wind and storms.
Further changes were undertaken, with the clock tower and lodge completed in 1882, surgical wards in 1897, spa baths in 1913, and the dining room and kitchens in 1921. The building became known as the Devonshire Royal Hospital in 1934.
The Devonshire Royal was the last of the eight hydropathic hospitals in England to close when it closed in 2000.
On 31 January 2001, the University of Derby acquired the Devonshire Royal Hospital. The University received £4.7m Heritage Lottery Fund backing for the restoration and redevelopment project.
I am not sure who the maker of the clock was but it is quarter chiming as heard in this video.
The following are links to videos of other clocks I have visited:
LONDON BIG BEN
NOTTINGHAM COUNCIL HOUSE
KIDSGROVE VICTORIA HALL
MANCHESTER TOWN HALL
ECCLES TOWN HALL
HYDE TOWN HALL
DUKINFIELD TOWN HALL
STALYBRIDGE CIVIC HALL
ROCHDALE TOWN HALL
BOLTON TOWN HALL
CHORLEY TOWN HALL
DARWEN TOWN AND MARKET HALL
GREAT HARWOOD MERCER MEMORIAL
BURNLEY TOWN HALL
COLNE TOWN HALL
LANCASTER TOWN HALL
KENDAL TOWN HALL
EARLESTOWN TOWN HALL
LIVERPOOL MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS
LIVERPOOL VICTORIA BUILDING
BIRKENHEAD TOWN HALL
SOUTHPORT TOWN HALL
BUXTON TOWN HALL
MARSDEN MECHANICS HALL
LINDLEY CLOCK TOWER
HALIFAX TOWN HALL
BRADFORD CITY HALL
CLECKHEATON TOWN HALL
BATLEY LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY
LEEDS TOWN HALL
LEEDS THORNTON'S ARCADE
LEEDS GRAND ARCADE
HULL GUILDHALL
Buxton
Buxton is a spa town in Derbyshire, England. It has the highest elevation of any market town in England. Close to the county boundary with Cheshire to the west and Staffordshire to the south, Buxton is described as the gateway to the Peak District National Park. A municipal borough until 1974, Buxton was then merged with other localities lying primarily to the north, including Glossop, to form the local government district and borough of High Peak within the county of Derbyshire. Economically, Buxton is within the sphere of influence of Greater Manchester.
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