Charlie Ratcliffe (Master Chef of Great Britain) creates exceptional catered breaks for our guests. Most noteworthy is his bespoke menu planning, a professional approach and a passionate enthusiasm for good food. And, he is a lovely guy to have around and chat to about food, cycling (another passion), or anything really. The restaurant and bespoke […]
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What a wonderful way to celebrate Christmas early in the special setting and atmosphere of Darley House! Transport covered planes, trains and cars: with my eldest sister and family flying into Manchester airport from Switzerland; my middle sister getting the train to Matlock and my parents, aunt and uncle and our children driving from various […]
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THE JOY OF WATERCOLOUR What do artists want? Time and space to focus on painting? Tutor input, support and feedback? Freedom from everyday chores and pressures? This is what we aimed to provide at our first art retreat at Darley House in September. Contemporary artist Ella Clocksin encouraged us to develop more fluent brush work […]
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Take a grand tour of Darley HouseI am thrilled that we now have a video of Darley House and gardens. When my website designer, Mark Wilson (http://brilliantlittlebusiness.com), suggested producing a video based on a series of stills I was not quite sure what to expect. I sent Mark a range of photos which he suggested should […]
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How lucky with the weather we were today, Thursday 21 May 2015, and how lucky for the L-P Chatsworth/Chelsea team. The Laurent-Perrier Chatsworth Garden, designed by Dan Pearson who sought his inspiration from Joseph Paxton’s trout stream and rock garden, won the well deserved ‘Best Show Garden’. It was fabulous to finally see it and […]
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Dan Pearson is creating a garden for the 2015 Chelsea Flower Show, drawing inspiration from the trout stream and the rock gardens which are part of Joseph Paxton’s legacy at Chatsworth. Less well known is that Joseph Paxton also found the time in his hectic schedule to lovingly landscape the gardens at Darley House […]
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Restoration of Darley House – Review by Stella Stella of SMS Creative Photography, a talented photographer and friend, happened to be in Ashbourne, Derbyshire last September, so we arranged for her to come and stay at Darley house and take some photographs. Many of these photos feature on our website and in the Derbyshire Life article […]
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Darley House features in Derbyshire Life Penelope Baddeley, journalist with Derbyshire Life, recently visited us at to find out about the five year journey we have been on restoring Darley House and our future plans. Click here to read the full article “Penelope Baddeley meets Lucy and Alex Arterton whose sensitive restoration of the gardens […]
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Find out more about the history of the house and the area: The Peak District is fascinating place to visit from so many different angles. In terms of personalities and history it helps to start with Bess of Hardwick really who, through a series of unfortunate or fortunate marriages, depending on how you look […]
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