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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
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OS SE516 586

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 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
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OS SE418414

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 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
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OS SE506071

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 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
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OS TA103 633

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 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
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OS TA193 369

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 Castle Howard
  

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
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OS SE716 701

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 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
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OS SE604 830

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 East Riddlesden Hall
  

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
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OS SE079420

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 Harewood House
  

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
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OS SE311 446

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 Newby Hall
  

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
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OS SE348 675

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 Nostell Priory
  

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
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OS SE404174

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 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
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OS SE931 648

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