Norbury Hall
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Norbury Hall is a medieval 13th century manor house and an adjoining 15th century Elizabethan hall situated in Norbury near Ashbourne, Derbyshire. It is a Grade I listed building.
The manor was owned by the Fitzherbert family from the 12th century and the manor house built by William Fitzherbert in the mid 1300s is remarkably well preserved. The new adjoining Tudor house built in the mid 15th century was rebuilt in about 1680 but retains many of the original features.
The Hall was badly damaged by Parliamentary forces during the English Civil War and after the death of Sir John Fitzherbert in 1649 was in a ruinous state and fell into disuse.
William Fitzherbert of Swynnerton Hall, Staffordshire rebuilt the Tudor portion of the property in about 1680.
The Fitzherberts sold the estate in 1881. The Hall is now owned by the National Trust but is tenanted and is open to the public only by written appointment.[1]
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- ^ Norbury Manor: Property of the week The Daily Telegraph 19 January 2008 accessed 20 May 2008
- A History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland , Volume 1 (1835) John Burke pp 78-82 (ISBN9781847271686)
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