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Ecclesbourne Drive, BUXTON, SK17 9BW

One of the main sources of the River Wye, this resurgence is next to a footpath and just below the B5059 (a bus shelter can be seen through the trees above the spring). The water disappears from sight in Poole's Cavern and flows to this point through passages impenetrable to cavers.

One of the main sources of the River Wye, this resurgence is next to a footpath and just below the B5059 (this picture is taken from the pavement). The water disappears from sight in Poole's Cavern and flows to this point through passages impenetrable to cavers.

A group of 12 Grade II Listed almshouses of 1904. Architect was W.R. Bryden who designed them for Sir James Sawyer. The plans were published in The Building News on January 27th 1905.

Cul-de-sac of large Edwardian houses off Macclesfield Road, first shown on the 1922 25" map. The Buxton Conservation Area appraisal of April 2007 describes the road as follows: "... the outlandish character of Wye Grove, which comprises three-storey semi-detached houses built with a distinctive, jettied, third (attic) storey, marked by a broad, plastered, coved eaves and highly decorative bargeboards. The buildings are mainly stone and render but each pair is different and some also incorporate moulded bricks, terracotta and slate-hanging. The black and white timbering is not used in the vernacular tradition but is used as applied decoration in combination with tile-hanging, most of which has been painted white. Numbers 7 & 8 (the ones at the far end of the road in this photo) are the most unusual, incorporating a little of everything, with filigree details."

Large Edwardian semi-detached house on the corner of Macclesfield Road and Wye Grove, first shown on the 1922 25" map. It shares some of the characteristics of the latter road (see Image) which the Buxton Conservation Area appraisal of April 2007 describes as follows: "... the outlandish character of Wye Grove, which comprises three-storey semi-detached houses built with a distinctive, jettied, third (attic) storey, marked by a broad, plastered, coved eaves and highly decorative bargeboards. The buildings are mainly stone and render but each pair is different and some also incorporate moulded bricks, terracotta and slate-hanging. The black and white timbering is not used in the vernacular tradition but is used as applied decoration in combination with tile-hanging, most of which has been painted white. Numbers 7 & 8 (the ones at the far end of the road in this photo) are the most unusual, incorporating a little of everything, with filigree details."

Cottage on Macclesfield Road shown on the 1879 1:500 plan. On the left is part of 16 & 18 Macclesfield Road (see Image).

Old turnstiles for Poole's Cavern, now superseded by a modern Visitor Centre.

Large Edwardian house on Macclesfield Road first shown on the 1922 25" map. Those beyond, nos 8 and 6 are slightly earlier, being shown on the 1898 edition.

Entrance to the cavern. The cavern takes its name from an outlaw, Poole, who reputedly used the cave as a lair and a base to rob travellers in the fifteenth century. The cave was occupied from the Bronze Age. When it was officially opened as a show cave in 1853 by the 6th Duke of Devonshire, the cave was already a tourist attraction, being listed as one of the Wonders of the Peak. Mary, Queen of Scots, is claimed to have been an early visitor.