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Renishaw Hall
Renishaw Hall and fountain
General information
Town or city	near Sheffield
Country	England
Completed	1625
Design and construction
Client	George Sitwell

Renishaw Hall is a country house in Renishaw in the parish of Eckington in Derbyshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building and has been the home of the Sitwell family for over 350 years.^[1] The hall is located south-east of Sheffield, and north of Renishaw village, which is north-east of Chesterfield.

Contents [hide] 1 History 2 Architecture 3 Gardens 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit]History

The house was built in 1625 by George Sitwell (1601–67) who, in 1653, was High Sheriff of Derbyshire. The Sitwell fortune was made as colliery owners and ironmasters from the 17th to the 20th centuries.

Substantial alterations and the addition of the west and east ranges were made to the building for Sir Sitwell Sitwell by Joseph Badger of Sheffield between 1793 and 1808 and further alterations were made in 1908 by Sir Edwin Lutyens.^[1]Renishaw had two owners between 1862 (when Sir George Sitwell succeeded in his infancy) and 1965, when Sir Osbert Sitwell gave the house to his nephew,^[2] Sir Reresby Sitwell, 7th Baronet. He was the eldest son of Sir Sacheverell Sitwellbrother of Edith and Osbert and owned the hall from 1965 until 2009 when he bequeathed it to his daughter, Alexandra Hayward. The house and estate are separated from the Renishaw baronetcy for the first time in the family's history. Sir George Sitwell lives at Weston Hall.

[edit]Architecture

The house was built in stages and has an irregular plan. It is constructed in ashlar and coursed rubble coal measures sandstone with crenellated parapets with pinnacles. It has pitched slate roofs.^[1]

[edit]Gardens