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The pubs and inns in Buxton are an important part of the historical character of the town of Buxton, Derbyshire, in England. The inns date back to the 16th century and several are listed buildings. Most are within the Conservation Areas of Higher Buxton, Central Buxton and Fairfield. [1] [2] [3]
The Holly Bush Inn. The Holly Bush Inn is a Grade II listed public house at 2 Holly Bush Lane, Makeney, Derbyshire, DE56 0RX. [1] It is a family run pub. [2] It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors. [3] It was built in the 17th or early 18th century. [1]
It changed its name to the Robin Hood in 1969. It was closed in 2014, demolished and replaced by the new Premier Inn hotel, which opened in 2016. [26] [27] Roman Baths The Crescent Remains of the Roman baths (an ancient smooth stone bath 20m by 7m and a lead cistern on an oak timber frame) were discovered in 1695 at the site of Buxton Old Hall.
The Old Bell Hotel was one of Derby's largest coaching inns and during its peak it had over 50 hotel rooms, several kitchens and meeting spaces, a network of connecting tunnels between other inns and was the home of Derby's incoming mail from around the world which it later shared with The George Inn. [2]
The Cat and Fiddle Inn is a former public house in the English Peak District, close to the border between Cheshire and Derbyshire. It sits on the A537 road from Macclesfield to Buxton, which runs across a high and remote area of moorland. A section of the road is known as the "Cat and Fiddle Road" after the inn.
By 1727, the Old Hall had become a hotel, the only one in Buxton, where the writer Daniel Defoe stayed on his tour of Great Britain. Of the Hall he wrote: "The Duke of Devonshire ... has built a large handsome house at the bath, where there is convenient lodging, and very good provisions, and an ordinary well served for one shilling per head; but it is but one."
The Snooty Fox (formerly the Dominoes) was demolished in 2009. The New Inn closed in the 1960s and was then used as a hairdressing salon before being demolished in 1975 to make a car park extension for the Admiral Rodney. The Old Manor House in the northern part of the village is a Grade II* listed 17th-century timbered building on Main Street. [6]
The supporters represent the Cock and Pynot Inn, Old Whittington. The now Cock and Magpie Inn (53°16'13.1"N 1°25'34.3"W) is next to Revolution House, which was the site of a meeting between conspirators against James II in 1688. Among those meeting there were the Earl of Danby and Devonshire, marked by ducal crowns round the supporters' necks