Sewerby Hall

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Sewerby Hall

Sewerby Hall (also Sewerby House ) is a country house with 20 hectares of landscaped gardens in the village of Sewerby , about 3 km west of the coastal town of Bridlington in the English administrative division of East Riding of Yorkshire . English Heritage has listed the Georgian building as a Grade I Historic Building.

The main block was built around 1714 and included some older buildings. The three-story brick building has a main facade with seven windows. In 1808 two-story arched facade and a semicircular Doric portico were added and the entire building was painted so that the stone looked similar. A third floor was later added to the wings.

history

John Greame , the son of Robert Greame, was the first member of the Greame family to live in the old mansion in Sewerby. He got quite rich after his father's death in 1708 and bought the property from Elizabeth Carleill , the last descendant of the previous family to own the property.

He had today's Sewerby Hall built between 1714 and 1720, demolishing the old mansion that had stood there for many years. John Greame died in 1746 at the age of 83. His son, John Greame II , died childless in 1798 at the age of 98 and his widow, Alicia Maria Greame , nee Spencer , stayed in the house until her death in 1812. Then the property fell to a nephew, John Greame III. who married an heiress, Sarah Yarburgh of Heslington Hall in York . Sarah died young and John Greame III. remarried and moved to Sewerby Hall with his second wife and aunt Almary .

Sculpture in Sewerby Hall

He commissioned a number of changes, such as: B. 1808 the construction of a portico . After his death in 1841, the estate fell to his eldest son, Yarburgh Greame , who took the name Yarburgh when he inherited his mother's estate, Heslington Hall. Yarburgh Yarburgh had many improvements to the house and gardens in Sewerby, such as: B. the construction of a large conservatory called the Orangery in the mid-19th century or a clock tower in 1847 and finally a gatehouse in 1848. He also had a church and school built, designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott and then built on the edge of the property. He died in 1876 at the age of 70 and the property fell to his sister Alicia Maria , the wife of George Lloyd from Stockton Hall in Stockton-on-the-Forest in York, and then to their youngest son, Reverend Yarburgh Gamaliel Lloyd, a vicar from Lincolnshire . Diessr changed his name to Lloyd-Greame and his son, Colonel Yarburgh George Lloyd-Greame , inherited in 1890. The Colonel's eldest son, also a Yarburgh Lloyd-Greame , sold the house and part of the estate to the Bridlington Corporation in 1934 .

In 1936, the mansion and park were opened to the public as part of a ceremony with aviator Amy Johnson on June 1. In May 2012, plans for a £ 2.6m restoration progressed through a £ 949,000 Heritage Lottery Fund grant , with the work expected to take 30 months. The first phase of this project (new offices, classrooms and a shop) began in November 2012. It was completed in August 2013. The second phase of the interior restoration began in September 2013 and was completed in August 2014.

Attractions

Today Sewerby Hall is a major tourist attraction in East Riding ov Yorkshire, attracting over 150,000 visitors annually. The mansion now houses the Museum of East Yorkshire with the rooms to Amy Johnson and the Coastguard Museum . There is a small zoo and an aviary on the property , as well as an 18-hole golf course and various gardens. In addition to its function as a tourist attraction, the mansion also serves a number of local events.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sewerby House, Bridlington . British Listed Buildings. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  2. ^ A b c Sewerby Hall and Gardens: History of Sewerby Hall . Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  3. ^ Project to restore Bridlington's Sewerby Hall to 1900 era . In: BBC News . BBC. February 27, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  4. ^ Sewerby Hall and Gardens . In: Bridlington Free Press . Johnston Press Digital Publishing. February 13, 2006. Archived from the original on June 26, 2007. Retrieved on November 29, 2009.
  5. ^ News in Brief in Times , June 2, 1936. London 1936. p. 14.
  6. ^ The real Upstairs, Downstairs: Sewerby Hall gets £ 950k grant for restoration . In: This is Hull and East Riding . May 8, 2012. Archived from the original on September 14, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  7. ↑ Cash boost for hall restoration . In: Scarborough Evening News . May 8, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  8. ↑ Bridlington's Sewerby Hall £ 2.6m restoration begins . In: BBC News . BBC. November 7, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  9. ^ First phase of Sewerby Hall restoration scheme completed . In: BBC News . BBC. August 16, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  10. ^ Final phase of Sewerby Hall restoration work starts . In: BBC News . BBC. September 2, 2013. Accessed July 6, 2015.
  11. ↑ Bridlington's Sewerby Hall £ 2.6m restoration completed . In: BBC News . BBC. August 9, 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  12. ^ Coastguard . Solar Navigator. Retrieved July 6, 2015.

Web links

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Coordinates: 54 ° 6 ′ 12.1 ″  N , 0 ° 9 ′ 39.4 ″  W.