Roberto

To try and answer some of your questions

The Architect of Errwood Hall was Alexander Roos born in 1810 the son of a German cabinet maker living in Rome, he studied in Rome until 1833 arriving in England in 1834, The land was purchased from William Jodrell at a cost of £9250.00 on the 9th April 1832' the actual completion date of the house is a little sketchy but I think probably 1845 certainly Samuel Grimshaw III was recorded as living nearby at Errwood Farm in 1841, no doubt overseeing the construction of The Hall

There is a lithograph print produced by Roos of the Hall at Buxton Museum.

Demolition is also not straight forward The Hall and contents were sold in 1930 and the Hall was used for a short while as a youth Hostel, during the construction of Fernilee reservoir starting in 1932 some of the stone from Errwood Hall was removed and used to construct the waterboard houses attached to that contract at Fernilee,The High Peak News reported on 3rd April 1943 that the roof and lead had been removed, part of the stonework from one wing was removed and that many of the windows that remained had been broken.

By 1960 R.A.H. Neal in the Buxton Advertiser  noted that the Hall was a ruin but a small stone coat of arms was still in place over what remained of the front door.

The whole of the contents of the Hall were sold by public auction over three days starting 16th June 1930 by Messers Turner & son and the sale and prices achieved were advertised and reported in The Macclesfield Courier.

The reference to the Marble statue of the immaculate conception by Benzoni is taken from an article titled a visit to Errwood Hall near Buxton and appeared in the Buxton Advertisers edition of 23 May 1883

I hope this helps you and good luck with your book