Beningbrough Hall is a lovely early 18th century mansion built in red brick by John Bourchier. Bourchier was greatly influenced by the Italian architecture he encountered on a Grand Tour, and his marriage a wealthy heiress, Mary Bellwood, gave him the wherewithal to rebuild his family home at Beningbrough in elegant style.
Beningbrough,
York,
Yorkshire,
England,
YO30 1DD
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
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
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
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
This delightful house is located in beautiful parkland far from any village; it seems lost in a world of its own. The Constable family have owned property in the Holderness area of East Yorkshire since the 12th century, and are descended from Ulbert the Constable, a knight serving under the power Norman Count of Aumale.
Burton Constable,
Skirlaugh,
Yorkshire,
England,
HU11 4LN
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
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
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
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
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