Devonshire Dome - Buxton
A truly unique venue, the Devonshire Dome is licensed for civil weddings and hosts some of the country’s premier events and banquets.
Ratings
Venue 5/5
Location 3/5
Food 4/5
Views of and from The Devonshire Dome, Derby University, Buxton
Views of and from The Devonshire Dome, Derby University, Buxton
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
Ehmad & Rosanna at Devonshire Dome, Buxton by Ayaans Films
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Buxton, Derbyshire, England - 14th & 15th August, 2016
Views Around Buxton, Derbyshire, August, 2016.
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. To read more about Buxton, click here: .
This film features views from a walk around Buxton, it highlights the town's historic architecture, infrastructure, transport, natural features, art, history and culture.
Within the film the following locations and features are identified: Palace Road, Buxton Railway Station, Station Road, River Wye, Hogshaw Viaduct, Spring Gardens, Fairfield Road, Ashwood Park, Terrace Road, The Crescent, St. Ann's Well, Old Hall Hotel, The Square, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton Opera House, Victorian Postbox, The Old Clubhouse, St. John's Road, The Parish Church of St. John the Baptist, Devonshire Dome, The University of Derby, Palace Hotel, Poole's Cavern, Grin Low, Buxton Country Park, Solomon's Temple.
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Wedding at Devonshire Dome in Buxton
All set up for a wedding outside Derby at the Devonshire Dome in Buxton. As well as a fine 5 course meal we also supplied all the crockery, cutlery, glassware, linen napkins, table cloths, soft drinks, waiters and of course our infamous Lazy Susan's
Buxton Timelapse: Devonshire Dome and Soloman's Temple
A sunrise in black and white of Buxton's Devonshire Dome, followed by Soloman's Temple.
Buxton Derbyshire
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Buxton Market Place, The Crescent , Spring Gardens down to Ashwood Park.
Devonshire Dome & Pavilion Gardens.
All these models were accepted on Google Earth and in the Trimble 3d Warehouse .
Geo-models and video produced Just for fun !
Buxton Dome video
Drone video Buxton Dome
Devonshire Hospital, Buxton (1916) - First World War | BFI
Devonshire Hospital, Buxton (1916) - First World War | BFI.
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Built in 1785 as a stable for the Duke of Devonshire's 110 horses, the former Royal Devonshire Hospital in Buxton features an impressive dome larger than St. Paul's in London. By 1881 the buildings had been converted into a pioneering hospital, and were later home to British soldiers returning from the battlefields of the First World War.
This Topical Budget newsreel footage of men undergoing new-fangled treatments in the gleaming thermal mineral water baths is wonderful, though you may wonder how pleasant some of these 'Vapour, Needle and Douche-Spray Baths' actually were. But unlike the happy, healthy-looking veterans shown here, for many horribly injured troops returning from the trenches of the Somme, rheumatism and sciatica would have been the least of their worries. (Simon McCallum)
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Devonshire Hospital, Buxton (1916)
in 1916 the Devonshire Hospital, Buxton, Derbyshire, was used as a casualty centre for soldiers from WW1, especially those suffering from post traumatic stress disorder.
Buxton Dome Timelapse
Deltalight used our Ultra X Down-Up LED fittings - The video shows the dramatic effects of the lighting from sun up to sun down
Nazira & Adam's | Devonshire Dome | Amazing Wedding Cheshire
Allure Events presents Nazira & Adam at the unique Devonshire Dome. To view more Asian Wedding Cinematography / Videography go visit the website allureevent.co.uk
Asian wedding highlights, UK
Amazing wedding Held at The Devonshire Dome, United kingdom. Check out our Facebook page for more vidoes.
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A Walk in Buxton, Derbyshire
Buxton 1950s Beulah_Library_Roll_F6-24_
16mm Kodachrome footage shot in the early 1950s
Viewers are invited to e-mail details of location and/or people featured in this clip to viewer@eavb.co.uk
This footage may be purchased from BEULAH at eavb.co.uk
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Buxton - Street Market 1973 - Past Lives Project
Cine Film kindly donated to the Past Lives Project by Anne & Ken Gould
pastlivesproject.com
Past Lives Project is an Arts Council England and Heritage Lottery Funded Project working in 8 areas across the Midlands. In each region we work with the community through open days, home visits, workshops and events with societies, schools and FE Colleges.
In each region we call out for amateur home cine film that illustrates daily life, local street scenes, people at work and families at play.
Past Lives Project digitises these home movies which are then edited into a new film which is screened along with a live music performance.
The performance day includes spoken memories and photos tha have been gathered whilst working with the community; this forms part of an ongoing archive that is available online.
Through our Past Lives Project, Freefall Arts aim to raise awareness about how valuable these films are in the context of social history and to preserve them for future generations.
Copyright Freefall Arts 2016
BUXTON | ENGLANDS LEADING SPA TOWN
Buxton is one of most popular tourist destinations in the Peak District famed for its natural spring water and Georgian architecture. The town was founded by the Romans who called it Aquae Arnemetiae. It was the fifth Duke of Devonshire who put Buxton on the map with development in 1780s - the centrepiece being the Georgian Crescent (soon to be a 5* Spa Hotel). The town's rich history features Roman settlers, royal prisoners, outlaws and noble benefactors.
Go to for more information on things to see and do, where to stay and more...
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Buxton Opera footage & interviews - Mo El-Fatih
Additional film - Buxton Military Tattoo & University of Derby Buxton
Swimming at the Natural Baths
Animation meets with local memories: Swimming at the Natural Baths, Buxton.
Oral histories collected as part of the Present from the Past partnership between Buxton Museum and Art Gallery, Buxton Crescent Heritage Trust, Buxton & District U3A and Discover Buxton
Farhan & Fahmeda- The Wedding teaser at Devonshire Dome by Ayaans Films
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