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Calke Abbey

Calke Abbey was built in Baroque classical style for Sir John Harpur in 1701-1703. The exterior is unadorned, almost plain. The interior houses a varied collection - not of fine furniture and objets d'art, as you might expect, but of stuffed birds, mammals, fossils, and other natural history oddments gathered by a succession of eccentric owners. The rooms have been left virtually unchanged from the 1880s and have been preserved as an example of an English country house in decline.

Outside the house the award-winning grounds incude extensive landscape parklands, a walled garden, and a restored orangery.

Details
Calke Abbey
Ticknall
Derby
Derbyshire
England
DE73 1LE
Location: 9 m S Derby, on A514
Website: Calke Abbey
Email: calkeabbey@nationaltrust.org.uk
Phone: 01332 863 822
Fax: 01332 865 272
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OS SK356 239

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