The Homestead

The Homestead was originally known as Homeside, and was built for local tanner John Anthill between 1710 although the only certain date is a rainwater head marked 1740. It is similar in style to contemporary houses in the area designed by Francis Smith of Warwick, The house was briefly used as a school by Rev John Cade, whose first wife, Mary, inherited the house from William Anthill in 1788. The Homestead was officially purchased by the company in 1920, when the managing director W.A.M. Soller was installed. It was listed in 1967 on the Register of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, and is currently Grade I, meaning it is of exceptional interest. In the corner of the…

The Georgian-period house in the Queen Anne style is situated on the brow of a hill rising from the Derwent valley, and is constructed out of red brick and dressed with stone, and uses rusticated stone quoining of millstone grit. It is 2½ storeys, and composed of five bays with sash windows, with the central bay projecting. The entrance is said to employ Venetian styling because it is in three parts, with the central doors being flanked by two rectangular sidelights with doric entablatures supported by doric half columns, or by Robert Bakewell, himself. The rusticated stone gate piers with acorn finials are specifically mentioned in its entry on the English Heritage register. Internal…