Duncombe Park
Duncombe Park is a country house south-west of Helmsley in the English administrative unit North Yorkshire . The house, which stands in 120 hectares of parkland , is the home of the Duncombes , whose head of the family bears the title of Baron Feversham . The property sits above the deeply cut meanders of the River Rye in the North York Moors National Park .
Thomas Duncombe (nee Thomas Brown ) commissioned the gentleman architect William Wakefield to build the house, which was completed in 1713. Charles Barry rebuilt it in 1843. The main building burned down in 1879 and remained in ruins until 1895. The architect William Young led the reconstruction . The rebuilt house was based on the original that had burned down; However, it was also changed compared to this, especially on the inside, in order to adapt it to modern needs. The house has two main floors, a basement and an attic.
The house itself, which English Heritage has listed as a Grade I Historic Building, is not open to the public. However, visitors can visit the 12 hectare garden from April to the end of August.
history
In 1694 Charles Duncombe , one of the richest citizens of England, bought the 160 km² Helmsley estate and occasionally stayed at Helmsley Castle . After his death in 1711 it fell to his sister Ursula and then to their son Thomas Brown , who then changed his name to "Thomas Duncombe" and commissioned the construction of the current house. After his death, the property fell to his son Thomas Duncombe II († 1779) in 1746, who expanded it to include the grounds of Rievaulx Terrace & Temples . In 1774 Anne Duncombe , the daughter of Thomas Duncombe, married Robert Shafto of Whitworth Hall in County Durham , who is celebrated in the popular song "Bonny Bobby Shaftoe".
At the end of the 18th century, Duncombe Park belonged to Charles Slingsby Duncombe , the son of Thomas Duncombe, whom his eldest son Charles inherited. Charles Duncombe was a member of the British House of Commons for the constituencies of Shaftsbury , Aldborough , Heytesbury and Newport ( Isle of Wight ) , and in 1790 and 1791 High Sheriff of Yorkshire . He built up a sizable art collection which he housed in his home and was appointed Baron Feversham in 1826. His son William followed him and was the MP for Yorkshire and from 1832 for the new constituency of North Riding of Yorkshire . William's son William was made the first Earl of Feversham. The second earl fell in World War I and after the third earl's death in 1963 the earldom became extinct.
From 1914 to 1930 the building served as a girls' school. Rievaulx Terrace & Temples acquired the National Trust in 1972. Since 1985 the house has been used again as a family seat for the 6th Baron Feversham, but after his death in 2009 it fell not to his heir, Jasper Duncombe, 7th Baron Feversham , but to the younger son Jake Duncombe .
In 2011 the house was closed to the public.
In 2012, Duncombe Park served as the set for the television drama series Parade's End - The Last Gentleman as the fictional Groby Hall in Cleveland . The film, in which Benedict Cumberbatch and Rebecca Hall played the main roles, is based on the novels by Ford Madox Ford .
In March 2013, the International Center for Birds of Prey opened a branch on the property.
Individual references and comments
- ↑ Died 1730. Additions to Gilling Castle are also attributed to him.
- ^ Howard Colvin: A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840 . 3rd edition 1995. Entry: Wakefield William .
- ↑ Duncombe Park . Historic England. English Heritage. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
- ^ The History of Helmsley Walled Garden . Retrieved April 18, 2016.
- ↑ DUNCOMBE, Thomas (? 1724-79), of Duncombe Park, Yorks. and Barford Park, Wilts. . History of Parliament Online. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
- ↑ Welcome Duncombe Park . Archived from the original on May 2, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
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Coordinates: 54 ° 14 ′ 20 " N , 1 ° 4 ′ 29" W.