Joseph Pickford

[2] He was married to Mary, daughter of Thomas Wilkins who was the principal agent of Wenman Coke of Longford Hall, Derbyshire[2] which Pickford altered around 1762.

Pickford worked extensively throughout the Midland counties of England, primarily designing town and country houses in the Palladian style.

A significant number of his friends and clients were members of the influential Lunar Society, including the potter Josiah Wedgwood, the painter Joseph Wright of Derby, and the inventors Matthew Boulton and John Whitehurst.

Joseph Pickford worked with many important people of the time such as William Cavendish, the 5th Duke Of Devonshire, William Fitzherbert Of Tissington Hall and Lord Archibald Hamilton, as well as minor people of the era, such as Robert Holden and Hugh Wood.

Joseph Pickford would die an untimely death in 1782 while at his home in Friar Gate, Derby.