Photo: Ogston Hall by Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
About this place
A building on this site at Brackenfield, near Alfreton in Derbyshire, is recorded in the Domesday Book, though the oldest surviving parts of Ogston Hall date from around 1500.
The house is a private home, built up in four distinct architectural periods and bound together under a single Victorian exterior.
Historic Houses supports the property's visits, and the owners open it for guided tours in August.
It remains privately owned rather than held by a national heritage body.
Read more on WikipediaHistory
The Revell family of South Normanton acquired Ogston in the fourteenth century through marriage to the Deincourt heiress, and held it for generations. Thomas Revell of Ogston, a sergeant-at-law whose will survives from 1474, built the family's fortune on lead smelting. The house was substantially remodelled in the seventeenth century, with a two-storey north west wing added in 1659 and a connected stable block following in 1695.
Architecture
Ogston Hall is Grade II* listed and combines four distinct building phases, from its early sixteenth-century origins through seventeenth-century additions, all drawn together beneath a later Victorian envelope.
Plan your visit
Nearest station: Alfreton Rail Station (3.6 miles)
Nearby properties
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View Hob Hurst's House on heritage mapHistoric places nearby
Within 5 miles of Ogston Hall there are 1 historic properties, including 1 manor house.
Within 10 miles of Ogston Hall there are 11 historic properties, including 6 historic buildings, across English Heritage, National Trust and Historic Houses sites.
Within 20 miles of Ogston Hall there are 27 historic properties, including 12 historic buildings, 6 historic houses and 2 archaeological sites, across English Heritage, Historic Houses and National Trust sites.
Facts
A Domesday-recorded site whose seventeenth-century bones hide behind a unifying Victorian facade.
- Type
- historic house
- Location
- Derbyshire, England
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