Babington House is a Grade II* listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1950. House. 2 related planning applications.
Babington House
- WRENN ID
- scarred-bailey-gilt
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Derbyshire Dales
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1950
- Type
- House
- Address
- Babington House, Green Hill, Wirksworth, DE4 4EN
- OS grid reference
- SK 286 541
- Coordinates
- 53.08367, -1.57444
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Babington House, located at No. 35 Green Hill, dates from around 1630. It is constructed of coursed stone rubble and features two storeys with attics. The façade includes two three-light mullioned windows with drip-stones, fitted with early 19th-century casements. There are two moulded gabled dormers, each with two-light mullioned windows, although one is damaged. To the right, an advanced gabled wing has a similar three-light mullioned window. A sundial is affixed to the gable face. A modern stuccoed embattled porch is an incongruous addition to the building. Inside, the house retains an original fireplace and panelling and is historically associated with the Babington family, notably Anthony Babington, who attempted to rescue Mary, Queen of Scots.
Local climate
Babington House receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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