Ilam hall, staffordshire (now part of ilam park); near to ashbourne, derbyshire. (letterpress). The hall was built between 1821 and 1826 by james trubshaw, to designs by john shaw, for jesse watts-russell, conservative mp for gatton, who had been high sheriff of staffordshire in 1819. By the early 1930s the hall had been sold for demolition. The demolition was well advanced when sir robert mcdougal bought it for the national trust, on the understanding that the remaining parts (viz:- the entrance porch and hall, the great hall and the service wing) be used as an international youth hostel. Today ilam hall is leased to the youth hostels association (england & wales) (yha). Date: 1866.
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