Castern Hall, also known as Casterne Hall, is a privately owned 18th-century country house in the
Manifold Valley, near
Ilam, Staffordshire
Ilam () is a village in the Staffordshire Peak District of England, lying on the River Manifold. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 census was 402.
Ilam village
Ilam is best known as the location of the neo-Gothic ...
, England.
History
The grange at Castern was owned by
Burton Abbey
Burton Abbey at Burton upon Trent in Staffordshire, England, was founded in the 7th or 9th century by St Modwen or Modwenna. It was refounded in 1003 as a Benedictine abbey by the thegn Wulfric Spott. He was known to have been buried in the abbey ...
until the
Dissolution of the Monasteries. It was acquired by Roger Hurt, youngest son of Nicholas Hurt of
Ashbourne, who settled there in the mid-16th century. Later, Nicholas Hurt (1649-1711) married the heiress of
Alderwasley
Alderwasley ( ) is a village and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 469. Alderwasley Hall is the home to one of the sites of Alderwasley Hall School which ...
and in time
Alderwasley Hall became the family's principal residence.
The Castern house was remodeled in about 1740 by Nicholas Hurt, who became
High Sheriff of Derbyshire
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in 1756. The present three-story, five-bayed entrance front in the
Georgian style
Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1714 and 1830. It is named after the first four British monarchs of the House of Hanover—George I, George II, Geor ...
dates from this period.
In the 18th and 19th centuries, the house was often rented out to tenants. The Alderwasley estate was sold in the 1930s and Castern became the family's principal residence once again before being sold again by the family.
The house was substantially featured in ''
Agatha Christie's Poirot
''Poirot'' (also known as ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'') is a British mystery drama television programme that aired on ITV from 8 January 1989 to 13 November 2013. David Suchet starred as the eponymous detective, Agatha Christie's fictional Her ...
'' in the episode "The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge". Other movies and series that have been shot there were ''
Jane Eyre
''Jane Eyre'' ( ; originally published as ''Jane Eyre: An Autobiography'') is a novel by the English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published under her pen name "Currer Bell" on 19 October 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The first ...
'' (1983), ''
Far from the Madding Crowd'' (1997) and ''
Jonathan Creek: Frog Hollow''. (1999)
See also
*
Grade II* listed buildings in Staffordshire Moorlands
There are over 20,000 Grade II* listed buildings in England. This page is a list of these buildings in the district of Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands is a local government district in Staffordshire, England. Its council, Staf ...
*
Listed buildings in Ilam, Staffordshire
References
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Grade II* listed buildings in Staffordshire
Historic house museums in Derbyshire