| Norbury Manor | |
|---|---|
 Norbury church and hall | |
  Location within Derbyshire | |
| Alternative names | Norbury Hall, The Old Manor |
| General information | |
| Status | Manor house |
| Architectural style | Medieval |
| Location | Norbury,Derbyshire,United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 52°58′39″N1°49′8″W / 52.97750°N 1.81889°W /52.97750; -1.81889 |
| Owner | National Trust |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
| Official name | The Old Manor and attached garden wall |
| Designated | 5 February 1952[1] |
| Reference no. | 1281200 |
Norbury Manor is a 17th-centurymanor house with an adjoining 14th-century stone-builtmedievalhall house,Norbury Hall, known asThe Old Manor, inNorbury nearAshbourne, Derbyshire. It is aGrade I listed building.[1]
The manor was owned by theFitzHerbert family from the 12th century, granted to William Fitz-Herbert infee-farm by theTutbury Priory in 1125. In 1444, Nicholas FitzHerbert and his sonRalph gave their land inOsmaston, along with other lands inFoston andChurch Broughton, to the priory to purchase the manor.[2]
Norbury Hall, built by William FitzHerbert in the mid-14th century and otherwise known as The Old Manor, is remarkably well preserved. It is a medievalhall house, and is noted for its historic architectural features including a rareking post, medieval fireplace, a Tudor door and some 17th-century Flemish glass.[1] The adjoining Norbury Manor was rebuilt in about 1680, replacing an earlier Tudor house, and has nineteenth-century additions.
The accompanying gardens include a parterreherb garden.
The manor was badly damaged byParliamentary forces during theEnglish Civil War and after the death of Sir John FitzHerbert in 1649 was in a ruinous state and fell into disuse.
On the death of John FitzHerbert in 1649, the estate passed to his cousin William FitzHerbert ofSwynnerton Hall, Staffordshire, who rebuilt the Tudor portion of the property in about 1680. The Fitzherberts sold the estate in 1881.[3]
The site has been owned by theNational Trust since 1987; the manor is currently used as holiday accommodation,[4] having previously been let to tenants.[5] The Old Manor (i.e. the medieval hall), however, is open to the public on Thursdays from the first Thursday in May until the last Thursday in September.[6]
Junior branches of the FitzHerbert family had seats atTissington Hall andSomersal Herbert Hall.
