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© Mr David H. Garbutt
IoE Number:
328983
Location:
CASTLE HOWARD AND EAST COURT,
HENDERSKELFE, RYEDALE, NORTH YORKSHIRE
Photographer:
Mr David H. Garbutt
Date Photographed:
26 April 2004
Date listed:
25 January 1954
Date of last amendment:
25 January 1954
Grade
I
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HENDERSKELFE
NORTH YORKSHIRE
RYEDALE
5340
SE 7170
11/27 Castle Howard and East
Court
25.1.54
GV I
Country house and outbuildings to east, originally the kitchen court, now
estate offices and accommodation. Main pile, East Wing and East Court begun
1700, completed 1714, by Sir John Vanbrugh with Nicholas Hawksmoor, for
Charles, 3rd Earl of Carlisle. West wing 1753-1759 by Sir Thomas Robinson
for Henry, 4th Earl of Carlisle. Interior of West Wing c1800 by C H Tatham
for Frederick, 5th Earl of Carlisle. Alterations to interior of West Wing,
including refitting of the Chapel 1870-5 by R J Johnson for Admiral Edward
Howard, Lord Lanerton, with window designs by E Burne-Jones executed by
William Morris and frescoes by pupils of Kempe. Limestone ashlar and
rubble, lead and Westmorland slate roofs. Baroque, except for Palladian
west wing. For description see Howard G, Castle Howard Guidebook, 1972 and
Lees-Milne J, English Country Houses: Baroque 1685-1715, 1970.