Doors 300 – Doors of Buxton (part IV), April 2024
This is the last post from my trip to Buxton, and we say farewell to this beautiful Derbyshire town with a set of doors that includes the famous Buxton Opera House, an outstanding building and vibrant concert venue, that punches well above its weight in terms of its location, probably reflecting a more prosperous period when the wealthy would flock to the spa town.
Although this is the last post from Buxton, the good news is that I have doors lined up from Copenhagen, Marrakesh, Rochester and from a trip to Godalming on Tuesday this week amongst many other folders of doors ready for posting. In fact, my archive is growing faster than I am able to post… something to keep me going at least. I hope you enjoy this swan song from Buxton:
On this last building, here is a snippet from Wikipedia with some really interesting facts about the place:
The Devonshire Dome building (previously known as the Devonshire Royal Hospital) is a Grade II* listed 18th-century former stable block in Buxton, Derbyshire. It was built by John Carr of York and extended by architect Robert Rippon Duke, who added what was then the world’s largest unsupported dome, with a diameter of 44.2 metres (145 ft). It is now the site of the Buxton Campus of the University of Derby.
That’s it for this week. I now have to consider what doors to bring to the party next time. Have a happy weekend.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.
Natural adventures 
The Opera House looks magnificent. Worth a trip to Buxton for that alone xx
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And many people do precisely that
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I love these photos, especially the opera house and the dome. Magnificent structures and beautiful doors. Your image of the pump house reminds me that I’ve often thought about a comparison of late 19th century pump houses and the ones we have today. Today, they are often pre-fab concrete of metal windowless buildings with secure fireproof steel doors. 150-100 years ago, they were often beautifully crafted buildings, usually made of stone, like the one you shared.
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I guess that there was a time when labour and materials were cheap and making things beautiful was affordable. It is a pity we seem to be able to build in beauty with the way we build things now. So happy that my son is a stonemason.
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LOVEly selection
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Thank you.
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Wonderful photos, Stephen. Love the sky you captured over the Opera House…amazing!
The Old Hall Hotel has a beautiful facade with stone and growing vines. It feels like an elegant home entrance rather than a hotel. It must be fascinating inside that hotel.
The opera house is a standout in every way with its facade (I am guessing Edwardian-ish) and the forms and shapes of the doors and the grand entrance. I love the awnings repurposed as elegant coverings over the entrances.
Interesting facts about the dome at Devonshire Dome building.
Thanks for the hint on upcoming doors. I look forward to whatever you feel led to share. Cheers.
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Thank you. That opera house is truly awesome.
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No need to say how spectacular those opera house doors are so I’ll move on to the two light green doors leading to the water pump room. Their color reminds me of patina’d copper.
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I agree, a great colour/texture
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I didn’t realize until I copied the line for the Recap, that this is your 300th Doors post! Congratulations, and thank you on behalf of Norm and myself!
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Thank you. Something of a milestone. Although I number the posts, I’m not really counting. I do it for the pleasure.
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So many great photos and places to ponder in this set! (The first one being how did I miss the others in your series here? That will be corrected.) The hotel looks like it should be named Fawlty Towers. 🙂 The Opera House is… exuberant. And the Dome used to be a… stables? For horses? Sheez. Can you imagine doing such a thing today?
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Love your comments. I agree about the Fawlty Towers thing. And that dome… crazy. They just don’t build things like they used to.
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Love the opera house, stunning. Seems like you’re on a very interesting door-xursion. How fun!
Pat
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Yes, the opera house is stunning. A shift to Copenhagen next time I think.
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