The Baskervilles Hall is ancestral home of the Baskervilles family . The place is an impressive manor located in Devonshire , England . Although a ficticious location, the reader can safely assume that Baskervilles Hall was awarded to one of Charles and Henry’s ancestors by a grateful monarch. Property was often given to successful defenders of the monarch. The knighthood, in this case, the title, “Sir”, goes with the property .