Youlgrave - Thimble Hall

Thimble Hall is in the Guinness Book of Records as the smallest detached house in the world. It was bought in September 1999 by the ice-cream makers Fredericks of Chesterfield.

It's is an 18th century grade II listed building that has previously been a butcher's and a shoemaker's, and in the late 1800's was home to a family of eight!

It is 12ft high with two floors, each room measuring 8ft 1in by 7ft 1in. There is an electricity supply but no water or gas. A ladder leads from the ground floor to the upper, which is only 5ft 8in tall.