Derbyshire property: Your chance to own the house where Joseph Paxton - who designed the gardens at Chatsworth - once lived

Detached and stone-built, the property on Darley Road South, Darley Dale is full of character and original features including exposed stone walls, mullioned windows, a stone fireplace and latch doors.

The accommodation comprises entrance porch, living room, kitchen, bedroom and sunroom on the ground floor and a bedroom and bathroom on the second floor.

There is a good sized lawned garden to the rear with a gravelled seating area to the side and off-street parking for one vehicle.

Grants of Derbyshire, which is marketing the property, said: “This home is situated in a great location, just outside the border of the Peak District National Park. It is within the village of Darley Dale having excellent local shops, parks and facilities within walking distance yet with more comprehensive amenities only a short drive or bus ride away from the popular towns of Bakewell and Matlock.”

For further details, call the agent on 01629 347489 or look up the property on Zoopla.

*Joseph Paxton is renowned as the primary designer of the modern gardens at Chatsworth where he was head gardener from 1826 to 1858 and is credited with cultivating the Cavendish banana, the most popular banana in the western world. Paxton was also architect of the Crystal Palace, which was built in Hyde Park, London to house the Great Exhibition of 1851.