Riber Castle

Riber Castle
Riber Castle in 2003
Location in Derbyshire
General information
Architectural styleGothic Revival
Town or cityMatlock, Derbyshire
CountryEngland
Coordinates53°07′40″N 1°32′35″W / 53.1278°N 1.5430°W / 53.1278; -1.5430
Completed1862
ClientJohn Smedley
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameRiber Castle
Designated22 June 1950
Reference no.1248137

Riber Castle is a 19th-century Grade II listed country house in the hamlet of Riber on a hill overlooking Matlock, Derbyshire. It is built of gritstone from a local quarry which was pulled up the 200-metre (660 ft) hill by a series of pulleys.

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