The building’s fine stone exterior - with hand-cut lintels, vaulted coach-ways, mighty wrought-iron detailing - and its interior, which retains and highlights superb barrel-vaulted ceilings, cast-iron saddle-racks and unique arching cast-iron roof trusses; all these together emphasize the quality and historic importance of this Grade II Listed structure, which is now carefully transformed into a select quality and characterful holiday residence.

The original arched coach-entrances now have picture-windows or french doors, which open to individual or shared flag-stoned terrace areas, and the stone-flagged stable-level yard retains some original stone and cast-iron troughs, each ablaze with flowers in season. The property’s carefully restored small-paned windows each have the original working outer half-door shutters, to give extra coziness in those winter breaks!

The property is furnished in bright, quality cottage style which contrast with the many original features. Guests will enjoy the pretty en suite bedrooms, and the very well-equipped kitchen.

Turpin’s Coach House overlooks a wooded dell and adjoins a 2-acre paddock and play field with ample parking, that’s reached by steep steps (not suited to the infirm) running down from the Coach House stable yard. The Black Brook trout stream runs alongside the paddock, (children under supervision please), and ‘fun fishing’ is welcome, subject to locally-obtainable River License..

Turpin’s Coach House is close to many footpaths and bridleway trails: you might wander up to the Depth of Lumb: saunter along the nearby packhorse trail and lead-miners ‘Portway’ (still traceable all the way up to Castleton in the High Peak); and wander a few furlongs south to the wooded grit stone Chevin Hills, the very last outpost of Englands Pennine backbone. Belper’s formal River Gardens (summer Sunday brass-bands!) and Visitor Centre are around a mile, down by the town’s historic Mills.

Turpins Cottage Kitchen	Turpins Cottage Upper Lounge	Turpins Cottage Dining Room