Description:A colour lithograph print of Ilam Hall from 'A Series of Picturesque Views of the seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland' edited by the Rev. F.O. Morris, B.A., published in 1880.
The Hall was rebuilt between 1821-6 by Jesse Watts Russell to the designs of John Shaw, senior. The house was a grand Gothic mansion with battlements and turrets, a stable block to the back and an octagonal tower by the entrance to the drive. The Hall was greatly reduced by 1934. In 1935 the Hall became a hostel for the Youth Hostelling Association.