Casterne Hall

Accommodation

Situation

The Hall sits in an elevated position with fine views across and down the Manifold Valley. It is approximately seven miles from the thriving town of Ashbourne with its variety of shopping and dining facilities. The large conurbations of Leek and Derby are within an easy drive with their more extensive shopping, recreational and transport facilities including trains from Derby to London in approx. 83 minutes. Casterne sits with the Peak District National Park, is a stones throw from Dovedale and has access to the many outdoor amenities the Park has to offer including walking, cycling, riding, climbing, shooting and fishing to name but a few. Other fine historical places of interest are within easy reach including Chatsworth and Haddon Hall. Good schools in the area include Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Ashbourne, Derby Grammar, Repton, Denstone and Abbotsholme as well as Foremarke and S Anselms Preparatory schools.

Historical Note

It is thought that there has always been a dwelling at Casterne since the earliest of days. The field around are littered with Iron Age, Bronze Age and even Stone Age remains. There are Roman remains in the cellars and therefore have been important Roman and Saxon finds around the house. The grange at Casterne was owned by Burton Abbey until the Dissolution of the Monasteries. It was acquired by Roger Hurt, younger son of Nicholas Hurt of Ashbourne, who settled there in the mid 16th Century.

The Hall in its current guise dates from circa 1735 when it was rebuilt for Nicholas Hurt (1710-1767) with the architects Smiths of Warwick and local master mason Richard Trubshawe of Haywood in Staffordshire and the Georgian front was added to a Stuart and mediaeval back of the house.