The Old School House Staveley Derbyshire
The Old School House, now the Community
Rooms and home of Staveley Neighbourhood
Management, was designed by Sir Joseph
Paxton around 1840, who was not only gardener
to the 6th Duke of Devonshire, but he also
designed Crystal Palace in London for the Great
Exhibition of 1851. The serpent above the
porch is part of the crest of the Dukes of
Devonshire. The teacher would have lived in
the central octagonal part of the building.
The Old School House Staveley Derbyshire
The Old School House, now the Community
Rooms and home of Staveley Neighbourhood
Management, was designed by Sir Joseph
Paxton around 1840, who was not only gardener
to the 6th Duke of Devonshire, but he also
designed Crystal Palace in London for the Great
Exhibition of 1851. The serpent above the
porch is part of the crest of the Dukes of
Devonshire. The teacher would have lived in
the central octagonal part of the building.