In 'The Hound of the Baskervilles', what is the name of the Baskerville family home?

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In The Hound of the Baskervilles, the Baskerville family home is called Baskerville Hall.

The estate lies on Dartmoor in Devon, where Sir Henry Baskerville returns after inheriting the baronetcy. His predecessor, Sir Charles Baskerville, had lived at the Hall and was found dead in a yew alley. Dr. James Mortimer noticed unusually large paw prints nearby, reviving the family legend of a supernatural hound that has supposedly haunted the Baskervilles for generations.

Baskerville Hall is the novel’s main Gothic domestic setting. Watson stays there while investigating the case, and the surrounding moor, yew alley, servants’ quarters, and isolated rooms create an atmosphere of danger and uncertainty. The house is not the Grimpen Mire, a hazardous area of bogland, nor Merripit House, the nearby home associated with the Stapletons.

Arthur Conan Doyle drew inspiration from Dartmoor folklore, especially stories connected with the allegedly wicked squire Richard Cabell of Brook Hall. The real-world model for the fictional Hall is debated; suggested influences include Fowelscombe, Hayford Hall, Brook Hall, and Cromer Hall. In the novel, however, the canonical name is unambiguously Baskerville Hall.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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