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 occupied the property during a similar period.
In 1946 Derby City Council acquired the hall and subsequently converted some of the grounds into an 18-hole golf course. In November 2020 the golf course closed with the land returned to nature to become the UK’s largest urban re-wilding project.
The picturesque setting and scale of this property means that there is great potential in what the building could be utilised for and, subject to meeting the necessary planning and listed building requirements, Salloway believe that the building may be adaptable for educational, office, leisure and recreational or residential use.
“We went live with the property on Friday afternoon and given the volume of enquiries and requests for further information we are looking to conduct block viewings with an intention to draw interest to a close, by late October/early November,” said Chris Keogh, Associate Director, Salloway.
