NETHERTON HALL
HOLIDAY COTTAGES & LIVERY
THE NETHERTON STORY
Netherton Hall is a beautiful old Derbyshire hall built by the Buckston family as the principal residence of the tiny hamlet of Nether Bradbourne. The house and traditional buildings are Grade II listed dating back to 1684, as carved on the date stone on the front of the house, but are probably far older, looking at the crook beams on the top floor and the original carved oak staircase.
We fell in love with the place when it came up for sale in 2005 and knew it was the perfect home for us, it had such a lovely warm atmosphere. When we bought it, Arthur Dutton, who had lived here for over 50 years, wished us luck and said he hoped we would be as happy here as they had been.
Since moving in to Netherton we started carefully restoring the house and buildings, trying to preserve the original integrity of the property: at the same time as having two, children, George (born in August 2007) and Ruby (born in June 2009) now far from babies!
We have definitely been very happy here and hope to have many more happy times ahead.
Netherton Hall Date Stone - 1684
ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND SOLUTIONS
Alongside restoring the house and buildings, and without compromising on luxury and quality, we wanted to make it environmentally up to date so we have put in a ground source heat pump to provide heat and hot water and biomass boilers for the cottages and swimming pool , and pv panels for electric. We want to reduce our carbon footprint and preserve the beautiful area we live in for our family.
We are very happy to talk to you about the Bio-mass and Ground Source Systems we have here and also about the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (RHIS) which these systems are accredited to. Our sister company RHI Service Ltd offers a complete application service for the government RHI scheme for eligible renewable installations.
AN IDEAL HOLIDAY LOCATION
Set in 195 acres of permanent grassland, a mixture of flat paddocks, a valley and water course. The dumble, as the valley is known, is filled with natural gorse and heather. It has breathtaking views across the land making the perfect setting for our 5* livery stables. The livery horses have extensive turnout, an outdoor and an indoor menage, farm ride and cross country jumps.
Set in these grounds and countryside and with our livery facilities, we soon realised that Netherton is an ideal location for our small exclusive holiday complex of 4 luxury cottages. We are close to the tiny village of Bradbourne, nestled between Carsington Water on one side and the stunningly beautiful medieval village of Tissington on the other. With easy access to the Pennine Bridleway, High Peak and Tissington Trail and a wide network of bridlepaths and green lanes.
We are also on the edge of the Peak District: it is only a short drive to Chatsworth House, Haddon Hall, Bakewell and Alton Towers.
SURROUNDED BY NATURE & WILDLIFE
Netherton Hall has 195 acres of beautiful grass land sweeping across and down into the valley with gorse and heather and wetland grasses down towards the streams. We have several different ages of ridge and furrow over the grassland divided by mature hedges and along with all the usual crew of horses, dogs and sheep we have a few very special inhabitants.
Some of our land has been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest to protect some very rare flowers and grasses whose habitat is becoming threatened in this age of modern farming.
A recent survey commissioned by the Environment Agency found native White Clawed Cray Fish or Atlantic Stream Cray Fish in some of our streams and water habitats. They can grow up to 12 cm long and live in very clean water habitats. They have suffered drastic losses in numbers in recent years and are becoming quite rare.
There have also been sightings on our land, and around the Brassington and Carsington area, of Red Kite, Kingfisher and recently a Little Egret. We often see Buzzards, Herons, Tawney Owls and occassionally Barn Owls as well as many other birds. Carsington Bird Club keeps monthly records of sightings of birds in the area.
We like to think it is peaceful and tranquil but when you look closely there is an awful lot going on out there!
