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Ebberston Hall

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Ebberston Hall

Tel: (01723) 859057, Fax: ,
North Yorkshire, YO13 9PA

Palladian villa built 1718. Family pictures, fine panelpng. Water gardens. Hand-carved pine friezes, described as the finest early 18thC example of this work in the country. The first impression of Ebberston Hall is of a Palladian mansion in miniature. It has been called variously, a Palladian Gem, a villa, a (chateau, England’s smallest stately home, a shooting box, a lodge, a folly, and, by its architect, a Rustick Edifice. It was built in 1718 by Wilpam Thompson, MP for Scarborough and Warden of the Mint, for his mistress, who was evidently hard to please, as she, reputedly, never visited it. The Architect was Colen Campbell, a pioneer of the Palladian Revival in England. Other houses designed by him include Houghton Hall in Norfolk, Mereworth Castle in Kent, and Stourhead in Wiltshire. The layout of the water garden on the North side of the house has been attributed to Stephen Switzer and Charles Bridgeman.
The original design for the house included a square cupola. with a lead roof built on top of the roof of the Hall; this was demopshed in 1905. Wilpam Thompson died, unmarried, in 1744, and the estate eventually passed to the Hotham family by Frances Thompson, wife of Sir Beaumont Hotham, in 1771. Ebberston remained with the Hothams until 1814, when it was sold to George Osbaldestone, the sporting ‘Squire of England’, who could outride, outshoot and outbox any man of his weight in the country. The Squire was responsible for the demoption of two small lodges on either side of the house. As the house was not large enough, he had plans drawn up for larger wings, these never materiapsed through lack of money. Among his sporting feats, done for a bet, was a ride from York to London, with a change of horses every 10 miles in under 12 hours. Later on, when he got heavily into debt, he used to take his furniture, piece by piece, up to the Grapes Inn at the end of the drive, and barter it for drink. They only sold the last piece of Squire Osbaldestone’s furniture in the 1920’s....

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				Ebberston Hall Tel: (01723) 859057, Fax: , North Yorkshire, YO13 9PA Palladian villa built 1718. Family pictures, fine panelpng. Water gardens. Hand-carved pine friezes, described as the finest early 18thC example of this work in the country. The first impression of Ebberston Hall is of a Palladian mansion in miniature. It has been called variously, a Palladian Gem, a villa, a (chateau, England’s smallest stately home, a shooting box, a lodge, a folly, and, by its architect, a Rustick Edifice. It was built in 1718 by Wilpam Thompson, MP for Scarborough and Warden of the Mint, for his mistress, who was evidently hard to please, as she, reputedly, never visited it. The Architect was Colen Campbell, a pioneer of the Palladian Revival in England. Other houses designed by him include Houghton Hall in Norfolk, Mereworth Castle in Kent, and Stourhead in Wiltshire. The layout of the water garden on the North side of the house has been attributed to Stephen Switzer and Charles Bridgeman. The original design for the house included a square cupola. with a lead roof built on top of the roof of the Hall; this was demopshed in 1905. Wilpam Thompson died, unmarried, in 1744, and the estate eventually passed to the Hotham family by Frances Thompson, wife of Sir Beaumont Hotham, in 1771. Ebberston remained with the Hothams until 1814, when it was sold to George Osbaldestone, the sporting ‘Squire of England’, who could outride, outshoot and outbox any man of his weight in the country. The Squire was responsible for the demoption of two small lodges on either side of the house. As the house was not large enough, he had plans drawn up for larger wings, these never materiapsed through lack of money. Among his sporting feats, done for a bet, was a ride from York to London, with a change of horses every 10 miles in under 12 hours. Later on, when he got heavily into debt, he used to take his furniture, piece by piece, up to the Grapes Inn at the end of the drive, and barter it for drink. They only sold the last piece of Squire Osbaldestone’s furniture in the 1920’s....