Sheffield Manor Lodge

The remains of Sheffield Manor Lodge include parts of the kitchens, long gallery, and the Grade II* listed Turret House (also called "Queen Mary's Tower"), which contains fine sixteenth-century ceilings.

Writing in the 17th century, William Dugdale noted that the heraldic decoration in the long gallery dating from around 1525 included the arms of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, and the George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury's second wife Elizabeth Walden.

[2] Some evidence points to the Turret House being built by 1574, when George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury's accounts record payments for masonry work on the "Tyrret" at Sheffield Manor.

On 28 November 1570 she was taken to the Earl of Shrewsbury's castle at Tutbury, where, apart from a few breaks at Chatsworth and Buxton, and more regular visits to Sheffield and the Manor House, she remained for 14 years.

The Duke of Norfolk, not long released from the Tower of London, was caught in collusion with the papal agent Roberto di Ridolfi plotting to bring about a Catholic uprising in England.

The list of rooms for "her people" furnished by the Earl of Shrewsbury includes those of the Master of the queen's "howsholde"; her secretary Claude Nau; Mademoiselle Rallay; Mary Seton; Mr Burgoing her doctor; Gilbert Curle; Mr Jarvys her "surgion"; Bastian Pagez; the embroiderer Pierre Oudry (his name written as "Pyrawdrawe"); Dedier the pantryman; Hannibal; and Scottish servant Will Black.

The letters, some encoded in cipher,[19] were carried by her supporters, including George More, a local man whose uncle had a house near Sheffield Manor.

After leaving Sheffield, Mary was taken to Wingfield Manor in Derbyshire by her new gaolers, Sir Ralph Sadler and John Somers, and then to Tutbury.

[24] In 2004, the building featured on the BBC TV programme Restoration and was the subject of a National Lottery funding bid to convert it to a heritage centre and traditional farm.

[24] The Sheffield Manor Lodge visitor attraction includes the Turret house, Tudor grounds, Discovery Centre, and Rhubarb Shed Cafe.

The Turret House is open to the public every Sunday between April and September, in Sheffield school holidays and on special event days.

The ruins of Sheffield Manor as they appeared in 1819.
The Turret House at Sheffield Manor Lodge
"Sheffield Portrait" type of Mary, Queen of Scots