Thornbridge Hall is a large English country house near the village of Great Longstone in the Derbyshire Dales.

In 1872, Frederick Craven acquired the property and in 1873 rebuilt it in Jacobean style and installed the William Morris/Edward Burne-Jones window in the Great Hall.

On the death of Charles Boot in 1945, many of the contents were sold at auction raising £8,000[6] but Thornbridge Hall still retains a vast array of statues, facades and fountains originally belonging to Clumber.

At this time the house was of sufficient note that a Great Western Railway GWR 6959 Class steam locomotive – No.

[7] In later years, the hall was used as an educational and conference centre by the council, providing residential facilities for teachers and pupils in the house itself and in various outbuildings.

The 12 acres of formal gardens were designed at the end of the 19th century by Simeon Marshall, working for the James Backhouses & Sons Nursery.

They were inspired by the vision of the owner, George Marples, to create a '1000 shades of green' to be viewed from his bedroom window.

Situated below the koi pond, and complete with a waterfall, this area has been terraced by gabions filled with a mixture of tufa and yew.