Somersall Hall (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Somersall Hall is a small country house near Brampton, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. It is a Grade II listed building. The Clarke family owned the estate in the 16th century. Godfrey Clarke and his son Sir Gilbert Clarke served as High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1652 and 1676 respectively. Sir Gilbert bought an additional estate at Chilcote Hall in 1672. His son Godfrey Clarke was Member of Parliament for Derbyshire. He left the estate to his nephew, also Godfrey Clarke, who lived at Chilcote, was High Sheriff in 1740, bought Sutton Scarsdale Hall and built a new house at Somersall. The new house was built in 1763 on the site of an earlier 17th century house and incorporates some of the early features. The new work created a three storey three bayed house with an east facing entrance front.. In the 19th century a two storey wing was added to the north of the frontage.