High Lee Hall and Park
High Lee Hall and its grounds are owned by New Mills Town Council. The Grade II listed Hall is used by High Peak Community Arts and the Parks Department.
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High Lee Hall is set in the gardens of High Lee Park, off St Mary's Road.The ground floor is currently occupied by High Peak Community Arts, who have made this level of the building accessible to wheelchair users.

Most of the upper floor has been the residence of the Parks Foreman since 1974. At the rear there is a walled garden, which is being considered for public access as a therapy garden. On either side are greenhouses / garden-frames and a converted stable / coach house, used by the parks department.
Built between 1831-1841, the Grade II listed Hall is a double-fronted classical late-Georgian house, previously the residence of various factory owners. The Hall and its grounds were purchased for public use at an auction in 1937, for £2300. The decision to buy was taken at a special council meeting only half-an-hour before the auction started. Go to the History of High Lee Park.......
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High Lee Hall from front and rear (below) |
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The grounds soon became a public park and children's play area, with a paddling pool being added in 1948. In 1947 a garden of remembrance was laid out, paid for by public subscription.
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From 1940 to 1985 the Hall's ground floor was a children's clinic. High Peak Community Arts have used this floor since 1987, with rooms dedicated to photography, a computer suite and music and video editing.
During the modifications to allow wheelchair access from the side of the Hall, other substantial repairs and improvements were undertaken as the result of a Lottery Commission grant. Also in the mid 1990s extensive repairs were made to the stable and coach house, which is itself a listed building.
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The setting of the stable & coachhouse |
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The walled garden viewed from the central window at the rear
This site is listed in the British Towns and Villages Encyclopaedia of Great Britain and we can be found in the entry for New Mills