Listed Building: ALLESTREE HALL, ALLESTREE PARK (1215234)

ALLESTREE PARK 1. 5170 Allestree Allestree Hall (Formerly listed in the Rural District of Belper) SK 34 SW 8/7 13.2.67. II* Probably built in 1802; a stone, probably a foundation stone bears this date and the initials J W. Architect not known; it is here suggested that it was possibly John Johnson of Leicester. The 1st owner appears to have been a John Girardot. Ashlar; 3 storeys; 5 sash windows. Plinth, sill band to 1st floor, cornice and blocking course; 1+3+1 sashes, central full height bow. Ground storey windows 3-light, of handsome character, divided by Ionic column and with an entablature over. Side elevation with 5 sashes, and 2 storey beyond with 5 sashes. Interior: Bowed entrance hall, stair hall with stone staircase, renewed metal balustrade. Remainder of interior largely altered but 2 ground storey rooms have good Adam style ceilings which may be old. Setting: Landscape park (Golf course)'.