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Historic Houses in Yorkshire

Beningbrough Hall    Red brick Queen Anne mansion, housing rich baroque interiors. Paintings from the National Portrait Gallery. Newly restored walled garden. Beningbrough, York, Yorkshire, England, YO30 1DD Attraction Type: Historic House Location: 8 m NW York, off A19 Website: Beningbrough Hall Email: beningbrough@nationaltrust.org.uk Phone: 01904 472 027 Fax: 01904 470 002 National Trust Location map OS SE516 586 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Bramham Park    Bramham Park was built in 1698 by Robert Benson, the 1st Lord Bingley. It was Lord Bingley who was responsible for laying out the extensive landscape gardens around the house which make a visit to Bramham such a delight. The gardens epitomise the transition between the formality of 17th c European gardens such as Versailles, and the informality of later English landscape gardens. The house was built by an unknown architect in the style of a 16th c Florentine villa. Bramham, Yorkshire, England, LS23 6ND Attraction Type: Historic House Location: Just off the A1(M) Website: Bramham Park Location map OS SE418414 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Brockfield Hall    A late Georgian house, built in 1804 by Peter Atkinson for Benjamin Agar. Atkinson worked in the office of noted York architect John Carr. The most striking feature of Brockfield is an oval entry hall, which features a cantilevered staircase. The interiors display fine art and furniture, and mementoes assoociated with the Fitzalan Howard family. There is also an unusual collection of glass walking sticks on display. Warthill, York, Yorkshire, England, YO19 5XJ Attraction Type: Historic House Website: Brockfield Hall Email: 01904 489298 Historic Houses Association Location map OS SE664551 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Brodsworth Hall    One of the best examples of an unaltered Victorian country house in England. Brodsworth Hall was built in the 1860s by Italian Chevalier Casentini for Charles Thellusson. Casentini's design was actually executed by the English architect Philip Wilkinson, amd Casentini himself never saw the house. It is possible that Thelusson's choice of an Italianate design was influenced by Queen Victoria's equally Italianate Osborne House, on the Isle of Wight. Brodsworth, Yorkshire, England, DN5 7XJ Attraction Type: Historic House Location: Located in Brodsworth, 5 miles north west of Doncaster Website: Brodsworth Hall English Heritage Location map OS SE506071 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Burton Agnes Hall    Red-brick and stone jewel built from 1601 by Robert Smythson (see Longleat and Hardwick). Carved wood and plaster screen graces the large great hall. Impressionist and modern paintings. Burton Agnes, Driffield, Yorkshire, England, YO25 0ND Attraction Type: Historic House Location: on A166 Website: Burton Agnes Hall Email: burton.agnes@farmline.com Phone: 01262 490 324 Fax: 01262 490 513 Location map OS TA103 633 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Burton Constable Hall    Red brick Elizabethan exterior gives way to 18th century interior, with much wooden furniture commissioned for the house. Ballroom, domed drawing room, museum of curiosities. Burton Constable, Skirlaugh, Yorkshire, England, HU11 4LN Attraction Type: Historic House Location: off A165 and B1238 Website: Burton Constable Hall Email: helendewson@btconnect.com Phone: 01964-562 400 Fax: 01964-563 229 Location map OS TA193 369 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Castle Howard    Here is John Vanbrugh's extraordinary baroque vision realized in all its extravagance for the 3rd Earl of Carlisle. One of the very first landscape gardens was built here, and there are paintings by Gainsborough and Rubens. The huge central dome has been restored after a 20th century fire. Castle Howard, York, Yorkshire, England, YO60 7DA Attraction Type: Historic House Location: 15 m NE York, off A64 Website: Castle Howard Phone: 01653 648 444 Fax: 1653 648 529 Location map Details of Castle Howard OS SE716 701 Heritage Highlight: The extraordinary dome is an architectural wonder Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Duncombe Park    Italianate baroque house begun 1711, set amid garden temples by Vanbrugh and William Robinson, with the ruins of Castle Helmsley to add atmosphere to the grounds. The house was a school for girls for much of the 20th century, now being brought back to its former glory. Helmsley, Yorkshire, England, YO62 5EB Attraction Type: Historic House Location: on A170 Website: Duncombe Park Email: liz@duncombepark.com Phone: 01439 770213 Fax: 01439 771114 Location map OS SE604 830 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

East Riddlesden Hall    A 17th century mansion built on the foundations of an earlier medieval hall house. The main part of the medieval house was rebuilt around 1630, with further remodelling in 1648 and again in 1692 when a new range, now ruined, was added to the earlier structure. It is the 1648 rebuilding which forms the larger part of the house we can see today. Bradford Road, Keighley, Yorkshire, England, BD20 5EL Attraction Type: Historic House Website: East Riddlesden Hall Email: eastriddlesden@nationaltrust.org.uk National Trust Location map OS SE079420 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Harewood House    The award winning home of the queen's first cousin, the Earl of Harewood, has an extensive events programme, thrilling outdoor entertainment, changing art exhibitions, premier Bird Garden, not to mention the stunning scenery. The house displays exquisite Robert Adam interiors, a rich collection of Chippendale furniture, fine porcelain and outstanding art pieces, from Italian Renaissance masterpieces and Turner watercolours to contemporary works. The Old Kitchen contains "the best collection of noble household copperware in the country" giving visitors a glimpse into an essential area of yesteryear's belowstairs life. Harewood, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, LS17 9LQ Attraction Type: Historic House Location: 7 m N Leeds, on A61 Website: Harewood House Email: info@harewood.org Phone: 0113 218 1010 Fax: 0113 218 1002 Location map Details of Harewood House OS SE311 446 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Hovingham Hall    A historic 18th century stately home in the heart of beautiful Ryedale, Yorkshire that was the childhood home of the Duchess of Kent. Hovingham has been the home of the Worsley family for over 4 centuries since it was built by Thomas Worsely in 1750. Rather than calling in a popular architect, Worsley designed the grand Palladian house himself, in the process creating one of the finest examples of Palladian style in the country. York, Yorkshire, England, YO62 4LU Attraction Type: Historic House Website: Hovingham Hall Email: office@hovingham.co.uk Phone: 01653 628771 Historic Houses Association Location map OS SE666756 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Kiplin Hall    A wonderful Jacobean country house, built in 1620 for George Calvert, Secretary of State to King James I. Calvert later became the 1st Lord Baltimore, and founded the American colony of Maryland. In many ways Kipilin Hall is unique among houses of the Jacobean period, with domed towers on each side flanking a central pavillion, instead of the more common corner towers. Scorton, Yorkshire, England, DL10 6AT Attraction Type: Historic House Website: Kiplin Hall Email: info@kiplinhall.co.uk Phone: 01748 818178 Historic Houses Association Location map OS SE273977 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Markenfield Hall    An relatively unknown historic treasure, Markenfield Hall is a marvellous moated manor house, dating back to the late 13th century and set in attractive countryside not far from Fountains Abbey. The bulk of the hall was built in 1310, and is probably the most complete medium sized medieval manor house in England. It is remarkably unchanged from its inception, and would probably be readily recognized by its 14th century inhabitants. Ripon, Yorkshire, England, HG4 3AD Attraction Type: Historic House Website: Markenfield Hall Email: info@markenfield.com Phone: 01765 692303 Historic Houses Association Location map OS SE294673 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Newby Hall    William and Mary house built around a paved court. Interior is 18th century, with most of the work by Robert Adam, including the marble entry hall, drawing room, library, and sculpture gallery. Ripon, Yorkshire, England, HG4 5AE Attraction Type: Historic House Location: 4 m SE Ripon, on B6265 Website: Newby Hall Phone: 01423 322 583 Location map OS SE348 675 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Nostell Priory    A glorious 18th century country house with interiors by Palladian master architect Robert Adam. The house was built in 1733 to a design by James Paine. Robert Adam was called in to expand and renovate Paine's work in 1766, and over the next 19 years he created a marvellous neo-classical house. Doncaster Road, Nostell Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, WF4 1QE Attraction Type: Historic House Website: Nostell Priory Email: nostellpriory@nationaltrust.org.uk Phone: 01924 863892 National Trust Location map OS SE404174 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Ripley Castle    This extraordinary castle has been the home of the Ingilby family for over 700 years, but they were not the first owners. Ripley Castle was included in the dowry of Edeline Thwenge when she married Sir Thomas Ingilby in 1309. Ingilby served at the court of Edward III, as did his son, also named Thomas. In 1357 the king was hunting boar in the royal forest of Knaresborough when a wild boar charged him. Sir Thomas killed the boar, saving the king's life. Edward knighted Ingiby and granted him a family crest of a boars head. The Ripley Castle Estate, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, HG3 3AY Attraction Type: Historic House Website: Ripley Castle Email: enquiries@ripleycastle.co.uk Phone: 01423 770152 Historic Houses Association Location map OS SE283605 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Scampston Hall    A lovely modern garden is set outside a late 17th century manor house. The house was rebuilt in the late 18th century, and redecorated in the Victorian period and again in 1910. A painstaking restoration in the 1990s resulted in Scampston being awarded the Country Life 'House of the Year' Award in 2000. Malton, Yorkshire, England, YO17 8NG Attraction Type: Historic House Location: Just east of Rillington village, 4 miles from Malton, north of the A64 Leeds/Scarborough road Website: Scampston Hall Email: info@scampston.co.uk Phone: 01944 759 111 Historic Houses Association Location map OS SE860754 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Sion Hill Hall    An Edwardian country house in beuatiful neo-Georgian style, Sion Hill was the work of architect WH Brierley of York, and must be considered one of the finest country houses built in the years running up to WWI. Brierley, who has been called the 'Lutyens of the North', built the house in 1912 for WH Mawer, a successful businessman. Kirby Wiske, Thirsk, Yorkshire, England, YO7 4EU Attraction Type: Historic House Location: 6 miles south of Northallerton off the A167 Website: Sion Hill Hall Email: sionhill@btconnect.com Phone: 01845 587206 Historic Houses Association Location map OS SE369842 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Sledmere House    Austere grey stone exterior hides lavish 18th century interior. Ornate hall and staircase, Sevres porcelain and a Turkish theme room. Organ recitals enliven proceedings as you tour. Driffield, Yorkshire, England, YO25 3XG Attraction Type: Historic House Location: 24 m E York, off B1251 and 1253 Website: Sledmere House Email: info@sledmerehouse.com Phone: 01377 236 637 Fax: 01377 236 560 Location map OS SE931 648 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Sutton Park    A lovely Georgian country house in glorious parkland, Sutton was built around 1730 by Thomas Atkinson for Philip Harland. The interiors contain a collection of fine art and furniture from the former Buckingham House in London (now Buckingham Palace). The decoration features ornate plasterwork by Giuseppe Cortese, who also worked on Burton Constable Hall and Somerset House in Halifax. Sutton-on-the-Forest, York, Yorkshire, England Attraction Type: Historic House Location: 8 miles north of York on the B1363 Website: Sutton Park Email: suttonpark@statelyhome.co.uk Phone: 01347 810249 Historic Houses Association OS SE586646 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts

Temple Newsam House    Temple Newsam is a superb 15th century country house, famous as the birthplace of Lord Darnley, the ill-fated husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. The manor of Newsam was owned by the Knights Templar in the 12th century. The estate passed to the Darct family, and Thomas, Lord Darcy built the first manor house here in about 1500. Halton, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, LS15 0AE Attraction Type: Historic House Website: Temple Newsam House Historic Houses Association Location map OS SE356321 Heritage Rating:   ? Nearest attractions and accommodation     Nearest: hotels - cottages - Bed and Breakfasts