Somersal Herbert Hall

Somersal Herbert Hall is a privately owned timber-framed 16th-century country house at Somersal Herbert, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire, in England.

The entrance front at the south and other parts were encased in brick in 1712, when the property was enlarged.

The estate was initially sold in 1806 outside the family but was later repurchased by his cousin Alleyne Fitzherbert, 1st Baron St Helens, younger brother of Sir William Fitzherbert, Bt of Tissington.

He lent it in 1808 for life to cousins of his, the novelist Frances Jacson (1754–1842) and her sister Maria Jacson (1755–1829), a writer on botany and gardening, who were in financial straits caused by a spendthrift brother.

His son Anthony emigrated to New Zealand and the estate was sold.

The timbered frontage of the Hall: unusual for a Derbyshire property, which are usually stone fronted