Slopes, The, Buxton, (also known as St Ann's Cliff), Derbyshire, England

The following is from the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest.

Pleasure grounds probably laid out by Jeffry Wyatville for the sixth Duke of Devonshire in about 1818 which form the setting for The Crescent and attached buildings relating to the spa.

DESCRIPTION

LOCATION, AREA, BOUNDARIES, LANDFORM, SETTING

The Slopes lie near the centre of Buxton. The site occupies about 3 hectares on land which slopes down to the north-west from Terrace Road, the east boundary. Hall Bank and the east end of The Square form the south-west boundary, while The Crescent and attached buildings (see below) form the north boundary.

REFERENCES

Butterly Directory, (1835), p 25

N Pevsner and E Williamson, The Buildings of England: Derbyshire (2nd edn 1978), pp 113-116

Archaeol J 148, (1991), pp 256-268

Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, (Dawson Taylor Landscape (DTL) 1996)

Maps

[all reproduced in DTL 1996]

Tithe map for Buxton parish, surveyed 1847, published 1848

W Robinson, Map of Buxton Park as laid out by Joseph Paxton, 1854

R R Duke, Map of the Town of Buxton, 1887 [published in revised form by J Buckley, 1889]

OS 6" to 1 mile: 1st edition surveyed 1877, published 1879

OS 25" to 1 mile: 2nd edition surveyed 1897, published 1898

Description written: October 1998

Amended: December 1999; May 2001

Edited: May 2001