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Wingfield Manor

📍 Derbyshire, England

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About

Wingfield Manor is a Grade I listed ruined manor house left deserted since the 1770s, near the village of South Wingfield and some four miles (6.4 km) west of the town of Alfreton in the English county of Derbyshire. There is a working farm that forms part of the old manor.

Construction began in 1439 for Sir Ralph Cromwell, Treasurer to Henry VI. Known for being a prison of Mary Queen of Scots during her captivity in England. Partially demolished after the English Civil War. Deserted since the 1770s. Grade I listed and on Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register. In the care of English Heritage but currently not open to the public.