| Allestree Hall | |
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 Allestree Hall | |
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| General information | |
| Status | For Sale |
| Town or city | Allestree, Derby |
| Country | England |
| Current tenants | Derby City Council |
| Client | Bache Thornhill |
| Owner | Derby City Council |
Allestree Hall is a 19th-century former country house situated in Allestree Park, Allestree, Derby. It is a Grade II* listed building[1] but has been unoccupied for many years, and has been placed on the Heritage at Risk Register.
The Mundy family owned the Manor of Allestree from 1516 until Francis Noel Clarke Mundy sold it to Thomas Evans in 1781. It was later the home of William Evans and of his son Sir Thomas William Evans, 1st Baronet. On his death in 1892 the latter bequeathed the estate to his brother in law William Gisborne.
The area known as Allestree Park was enclosed in about 1818.[citation needed] The house begun by Bache Thornhill was completed by John Giradot (High Sheriff of Derbyshire) with three storeys and five bays, the central three bowed with an ionic columned porch.[1]
A large part of the estate was sold for housing development in 1928. The neglected house now stands in a 300-acre (1.2 km2) wooded parkland with lake, grasslands and former golf course, owned by Derby City Council. Allestree Park is designated as a Local Nature Reserve.[2][3]
- ^ a b Historic England. "Allestree Hall (Grade II*) (1215234)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ^ "Allestree Park". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
- ^ "Map of Allestree Park". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 4 August 2013.