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Dunstall Hall is a privately owned 18th century mansion house near
Tatenhill
Tatenhill is an ancient village and a civil parish located in a deep valley, between two hills, which gradually descend from the eastern border of Needwood Forest, west-southwest of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England.
Buildings
The san ...
,
Burton upon Trent
Burton upon Trent, also known as Burton-on-Trent or simply Burton, is a market town in the borough of East Staffordshire in the county of Staffordshire, England, close to the border with Derbyshire. In United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011, it had a ...
,
Staffordshire
Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands Cou ...
. It is a
Grade II* listed building
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.
History
The manor is recorded as the property of the
Earl of Derby
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in 1145 and the first house on the site of the hall was probably a hunting lodge in the Royal Forest of Needwood.
In 1814 the estate was bought by
Richard Arkwright junior
Richard Arkwright junior (19 December 1755 – 23 April 1843), the son of Sir Richard Arkwright of Cromford, Derbyshire, was a mills owner, turned banker, investor and financier (creditor) of many successful state and private entreprises of the ...
, (son of Sir
Richard Arkwright
Sir Richard Arkwright (23 December 1732 – 3 August 1792) was an English inventor and a leading entrepreneur during the early Industrial Revolution. He is credited as the driving force behind the development of the spinning frame, known as t ...
) for his son Charles who lived there and who was
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in 1849.
Charles died in 1850 childless and the estate was sold to John Hardy, later
Sir John Hardy Bt. Hardy and later his son,
Sir Reginald Hardy (High Sheriff 1893) carried out extensive alterations and improvements to the property. New building works included a new entrance front with a
portico
A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cult ...
and new wings.
After the death of the 3rd Hardy Baronet in 1953 the estate was sold to wealthy Midlands civil engineer Sir Robert Douglas and on his death in 1997 it was sold to property developer and race course owner
Sir Stanley Clarke.
In 2006, two years after the death of Sir Stanley Clarke, the estate was sold to bookmaker Barry Morgan, who sold Needwood Racing to
Coral
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for several million pounds in 2005. In 2007, following renovation and refurbishment, Morgan opened the house for corporate and business events. In 2013 the house and 85 acres were for sale for £5 million.
Strutt & Parker
retrieved 31 March 2013 In July 2014 former Nottingham Forest Football Club's owner Fawaz Al-Hasawi
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brought the house for £4 Million.
See also
*Grade II* listed buildings in East Staffordshire
There are over 20,000 Grade II* listed buildings in England. This page is a list of these buildings in the district of East Staffordshire in Staffordshire
Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Mi ...
*Listed buildings in Dunstall
Dunstall is a civil parish in the district of East Staffordshire, Staffordshire, England. It contains 13 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the ...
References
External links
Dunstall Hall - official website
Images of England - Dunstall Hall
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Grade II* listed buildings in Staffordshire
Country houses in Staffordshire