After missing a week due to the bad weather we decided we would stick to tarmac and keep away from any muddy tracks. Ike had said he would like to have a look at the dome in Buxton so that's where we went. It was Robs turn to drive and we parked up just outside Buxton Pavilion Gardens.
It was chucking it down with rain as we walked through the park so we sheltered for a while then just had a stroll around the town taking in some of the buildings.
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Buxton Dome |
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One of the many weir's in the Pavilion Gardens |
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Part of the Pavilion Gardens |
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This is where the river Wye disappears underground |
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Buxton Opera House through the arches. |
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St. Ann's spring well |
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Coat of arms on The Crescent |
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Looking towards the Crescent |
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Buxton Railway Station |
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The Fan Window is a grade 11 listed building |
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Buxton Dome |
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Rob & Ike going into the Dome |
The Devonshire Dome was built between 1780 and 1789 by John Carr of
York for the 5th Duke of Devonshire and provided facilities for up to 120
horses and accommodation for the servants and ostlers of those staying in the
The Crescent. It was extended by Robert Rippon Duke who added the then world’s largest unsupported
dome Measuring 145 feet in diameter, the Dome is bigger than St Paul’s
Cathedral in London, The Pantheon in Rome, St. Peters in Rome, The Duomo in
Florence and is still the largest unsupported dome in Europe. In 1859, the
Buxton Bath Charity had persuaded the Duke of Devonshire to allow part of the
building to be converted to a charity hospital for the use of the ‘sick poor’
coming in for treatment from the ‘Cottonopolis’ of Lancashire and Yorkshire. The Devonshire
estate architect, Henry Currey, architect for St Thomas’s Hospital in London, converted two
thirds of the building into a hospital The Devonshire Dome is now the new
campus of the University of Derby in Buxton and Buxton College.
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Inside the very impressive Devonshire Dome |
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Ike, Rob & Geoff. |
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Top of the Dome |
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Ike, Rob, Geoff & me in the Dome |
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St. Ann's pump station |
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Another shot of the Dome |
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Looks like a modern gargoyle |
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Buxton Opera House |
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Victorian Post Box |
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Buxton Pavilion and swimming baths |
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Part of the pavilion shot from the bandstand. |
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Pavilion detail |
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Ike, Geoff & Rob |
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Another pic of Pavilion Gardens |
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Radio controlled model yacht |
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Radio controlled model police launch |
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Radio controlled square rig sailing boat |
Although we got a little wet just after we arrived we still managed to have a really interesting walk around the town with the highlight getting into the Devonshire Dome. An incredibly historic town and we just scratched the surface. Some world record braking buildings and beautiful gardens it must be worth a visit anytime.
See you next week.
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