Riber Castle, near Matlock, Derbyshire. Artist: Unknown

---

Riber Castle, near Matlock, Derbyshire. Built as a home by the Derbyshire industrialist and philanthropist John Smedley in 1862, the building later became a preparatory school then a food store for the Ministry of Defence. From the 1960s until 2000, it was home to a zoo and nature reserve. The future of the site is, at present, uncertain.

---

Size: 4571px × 3065px
Location: World,Europe,United Kingdom,England,Derbyshire
Photo credit: © www.picturethepast.org.uk/Derbyshire Local Studies Libraries/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: &, /, 19th, architecture, black, britain, british, building, buildings, castle, century, country, derbyshire, england, english, exterior, feature, geographical, geography, hill, hilltop, home, house, john, location, monochrome, nempr, nineteenth, photograph, picture, riber, smedley, stately, tgn, tower, unknown, victorian, white