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Post by saffy on Sept 28, 2010 12:16:03 GMT
Well, the foundations are in ... apartments ready to build. Must admit, am looking at Riber Castle through my patio window as I type, and I'm really looking forward to seeing it lit up at night.
Just win the lottery now to buy one !
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Post by PatrickCoyle on Sept 28, 2010 18:26:48 GMT
What's the craic? The castle's still there but being refitted as apartments?
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Post by jill on Sept 28, 2010 18:47:57 GMT
What's the craic? The castle's still there but being refitted as apartments? Yeah. It's not a 'castle' strictly speaking, but a rather grand folly. It's been a number of things over the years though, including school, but now it's being converted into apartments. I was up there in the summer, wandering about taking photos and I was chased off by a security guard. |
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Post by PatrickCoyle on Sept 28, 2010 20:51:32 GMT
I was up there a couple of years back... Probably mid-2007. Jesus, time flies. But it was deserted, we had to climb over a few fences and stuff to get in. Such an odd place. It seemed like the last people doing anything with it (which I think was a zoo?) just ran out of there, leaving most of the paraphernalia. A bit like a vegetarian zombie apocalypse had been through. And that must have been a few years after they'd gone.
It was hell getting up the hill in the Mini, as well.
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Post by saffy on Sept 29, 2010 16:09:31 GMT
They have security cameras and the lot now. Alan Wright, who owns the place, wouldn't spare you if you were caught, so be very wary!
The castle is still as it was ... (the only reason we bought this house was that I could see it - and before that I lived on "Riber View Close")
It reminds me of my childhood as we had school trips there every year - even though we only lived in Tansley, 2 miles away. My daughters used to go on trips from nursery too .. many happy memories.
My sister used to live in Starkholmes which is on the hillside below Riber. She woke one morning to find a wallaby in her garden. Animal Rights had set loads of the animals free from the Zoo.
There is still allegedly, the Riber Big Cat out there .. killing sheep and parrots!
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Post by saffy on Oct 19, 2010 12:20:43 GMT
All the foundations are in ... apartments ready for build.
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Post by saffy on Nov 6, 2011 10:01:19 GMT
Interiors are prepared .. Windows are boarded up. It's taking time. I'll try and take a drive up this week and get some pics.
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Post by saffy on Dec 7, 2011 19:21:37 GMT
Have to say, I drove up to my mums who lives in Tansley and there was a light shining from one of the windows of the castle. Very exciting. Wish I were able to afford one of the apartments when they go up for sale.
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Post by Dave on May 29, 2012 2:36:41 GMT
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Post by jill on May 29, 2012 8:27:55 GMT
Those pictures look to be about 1 year old Dave. If you scroll down the forum board the poster says he took them some time ago. I know Saffy's quite excited by the development, but I think its a bit of a shame. Riber Castle is perched on a hill top overlooking the valley that Matlock/Matlock Bath nestles in-you can see it from miles around (I can see it from my window). It used to be a gloomy/gothy presence, but now you can see the light reflecting off the newly installed windows  Not sure what will happen to the old zoo and 'Devil's House.' I was up there last summer and it looked pretty much as it does in the pictures. I think that land is not part of the development, so it might survive. |
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Post by saffy on Jun 28, 2012 18:44:19 GMT
Did you see the beacon on the jubilee Sunday Jill?
I think the hanging room has been knocked down.
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Post by jill on Jun 28, 2012 19:31:55 GMT
Did you see the beacon on the jubilee Sunday Jill? I think the hanging room has been knocked down. No. I'm a right old Rublican miserablist ;D The weather's been too shit to go out though ;D Be a shame if the Devil's House has been demonlished. I was hoping that the land wasn't owned by the company that has 'developed' Riber Castle. I'd love that old zoo even if I wasn't a Meadows fan. |
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Post by saffy on Jul 17, 2012 10:51:34 GMT
Not sure, if I still worked for,the guy who bought it I'd be more in the know,.
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Not sure what will happen to the old zoo and 'Devil's House.' I was up there last summer and it looked pretty much as it does in the pictures. I think that land is not part of the development, so it might survive.