Derby City Council instructs Salloway to sell Allestree Hall

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Salloway Property Consultants have been instructed by Derby City Council to sell Allestree Hall.

Set in 8.7 acre grounds and including the former stables and icehouse, the building is steeped in history and character but requires new owners to repurpose and restore the building back to its former glory.

Allestree Hall was built in the early 1800’s on land previously owned by the Mundy family of Markeaton Hall.

Commissioned by Bache Thornhill, Architect James Wyatt was instructed to build an imposing mansion within a country park setting. The Grade II* listed building was built over three storeys with Ashlar stone elevations with sash windows and a central full height bow with a foundation stone bearing the initial JW and dated 1802.

The house was used as a residence from the early 1800s up until the late 1920s with notable stewards amongst others including William Evans, Sir Thomas Williams Evans, Colonel Herbert Johnson.

In 1928 the property was sold to Commercial Constructions Limited who broke the estate up, before disposing of this in 1936. Following the onset of the wars the property was utilised by the National Fire Service as the County Headquarters, albeit conflicting reports suggest that Sherwood Foresters Regiment

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