Debdale, with grounds, shown on Sanderson's map of 1835. Maze on County Series. House of 18th and 19th centuries, with stables, pavilion, cart shed and ice house are all listed grade II. Now an old people's home. (1)
The hall was designed in two main phases with associated gardens, plantations and shrubberies and a small parkland lawn to the east; the first phase built by the Coke family contained a triangular pedimented roughly square plan building dating from circa 1730-50, overlooking the parkland lawn to the north-east. There are no indications that this house had an outlook that was designed to face south beyond the immediate gardens although there is sloping lawn/open space shown on the Tithe map between the hall and the road, which may have enabled a glimpse of the hall from the road (although there is a steep change in gradient). The Tithe map of 1844, illustrates in detail the landscaping around the hall and the long strip of open land to the south of Debdale Lane, edged with perimeter plantations and clumps. The sense of the landscaped parkland straddling the road, through which the public road travels, appears to be a deliberate device to enhance the status of the hall, suggesting its presence without revealing it. There may have been a glimpse of the hall from one vantage point along the road (field parcel no. 847), but this was later removed. Perimeter plantations, as shown on the Tithe map, are fairly typical of the late Regency period, with occasional breaks or ‘bursts’. A later 19th century extension to the Hall containing a canted bay-frontage on the southern elevation was designed to overlook an intimate lawn and the rhododendron planting may have been added at the same time. By the mid 19th century, and probably before that in the mid to late 18th century, the Hall was completely visually separated from the main road, a major highway. It is still enclosed with shrubberies, including dense plantation of yew and rhododendron, in a style which is typical of the mid 19th century. The hall was designed to be discovered following long carriage drives to the east and west. Added to MDC Local List on 19.09.2018 (2)
Also known as Thistle Hill Hall. (2)
See M10505 for Debdale Hall.

Sanderson G, 1835, 20 miles around Mansfield - 2 in (Map). SNT48.

<1> Notts Historic Gardens Trust, 1995-1997, Notts Historic Parks and Gardens Files (Unpublished document). SNT4553.

<2> Mansfield District Council, 2004, Mansfield District Council Local List (Published document). SNT5967.