In 1741 the Alsibrooks sold the hall to Strelley Pegge of Beauchief Hall who had been High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1739. Pegge never lived in the hall but rented it out to various tenants before selling it to Thomas Boulsover, the inventor of Sheffield Plate in 1757. In 1760 Boulsover bought land to the north of the hall on the Porter Brook where he expanded his business by setting up the Wire Mill forge, making saws and edge tools. Boulsover lived at the hall with his wife Hannah, they had ten children but only two, Sarah and Mary survived to adulthood. Boulsover died at the hall on 9 September 1788 aged 84 and due to the failure of the male lineage the hall eventually became the property of Boulsover’s son in law’s sister Barbara Silcock. In 1831 the hall became the property of Phoebe Silcock who in 1837 donated the land and the sum of £2,200 towards the building of Fulwood church on the other side of the Porter valley. It is said that Phoebe donated that specific piece of land so she could see the church from the hall.