Stydd Hall, Yeaveley

In the civil parish of Yeaveley.
In the historic county of Derbyshire (Modern Authority of Derbyshire, 1974 county of Derbyshire).

Stydd Hall is C17 tower house which stands at the centre of the moated site of the medieval preceptory of the Knights Hospitallers. The house is built on medieval foundations and also includes a substantial quantity of upstanding medieval masonry in its south wall. These medieval elements represent the remains of one of the domestic buildings of the preceptory. The house is constructed from coursed sandstone rubble with red brick and stone dressings under shallow pitched slate roofs.

This site has been described as a;
Tower House.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Masonry footings remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SK173401

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*The listed building may not be the actual medieval building, but a building on the site of, or incorporating fragments of, the described site.