l6o EARLY RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE IN DERBYSHIRE. 



details of the battlements of the turrets. With respect to the 

 interesting front of this house, Mr. Gotch well remarks 

 that — " picturesqueness of outline, which was always sought 

 for, is here obtained by carrying up the bay windows as 

 turrets, a treatment which lends much distinction to an other- 

 wise simple exterior." There is an excellent plate of the 

 remarkably fine chimney-piece in Barlborough Hall, the upper 

 part of which records the personal history of the original 



Gateway of the Old Hall, Ilighlow, near Hathersage. 



owner, Francis Rodes, Justice of the Common Pleas, married 

 twice as there narrated. His own arms and those of his two 

 wives are set forth with emphasis. The upper cornice is 

 supported by two caryatides, one of whom represents justice, 

 in allusion to the owner's calHng. 



Derbyshire has also a variety of smaller halls or manor 

 houses than that of Barlborough, particularly in the north of 

 the county, invisible to the speeding cyclist and known only 



