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<p>Ilam Hall, Staffordshire (now part of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilam_Park" class="extiw" title="w:Ilam Park">Ilam Park</a>); near to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashbourne" class="extiw" title="w:Ashbourne">Ashbourne</a>, Derbyshire. (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/seriesofpictures01morruoft#page/n105/mode/2up">Letterpress</a>).
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The Hall was built between 1821 and 1826 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Trubshaw" class="extiw" title="w:James Trubshaw">James Trubshaw</a>, to designs by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Shaw_Sr." class="extiw" title="w:John Shaw Sr.">John Shaw</a>, for Jesse Watts-Russell, Conservative MP for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" class="extiw" title="w:Gatton (UK Parliament constituency)">Gatton</a>, who had been <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Sheriff_of_Staffordshire" class="extiw" title="w:High Sheriff of Staffordshire">High Sheriff of Staffordshire</a> in 1819. 
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By the early 1930s the Hall had been sold for demolition. The demolition was well advanced when Sir Robert McDougal bought it for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Trust" class="extiw" title="w:National Trust">National Trust</a>, on the understanding that the remaining parts (viz:- the entrance porch and hall, the Great Hall and the service wing) be used as an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Youth_Hostel" class="extiw" title="w:International Youth Hostel">International Youth Hostel</a>. Today Ilam Hall is leased to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_Hostels_Association_(England_%26_Wales)" class="extiw" title="w:Youth Hostels Association (England &amp; Wales)">Youth Hostels Association (England &amp; Wales)</a> (YHA).</p></div>
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