The picturesque and remote Goyt Valley lies to the North West of Buxton and has for a long time been a popular destination for visitors. It was here in 1840 that Errwood Hall was built for the wealthy Grimshaw family. In 1930, the last of the family to live there, Mrs Mary Gosseling, died. The contents of the hall were sold and the property was bought by Stockport Corporation. For a short while, the house served as a youth hostel but in 1934 it was demolished. Much of the land was to be flooded with the creation of Errwood reservoir and the house was considered unviable.
A number of photographs of the hall are available and from these, in conjunction with large scale maps, I have created a reconstruction using Google Sketchup.
A short walk through of the model is available on you tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xc_BeXwMU8&noredirect=1
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| A few remains are still to be seen |
A number of photographs of the hall are available and from these, in conjunction with large scale maps, I have created a reconstruction using Google Sketchup.
A short walk through of the model is available on you tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xc_BeXwMU8&noredirect=1
Hi, Errwood Hall wasn't a youth hostel.
ReplyDeleteErrwood farm was a hostel for a short time
Please refer to the book "The Spirit of the YHA" written by Helen Maurice -Jones and Lindsey Porter.
It has illustrations of the farm and alludes to the mistake of the hall being the hostel.