Grantley Hall

Grantley Hall is an English country house located in North Yorkshire, England, in use as a hotel. It is situated near Grantley, about 5 miles (8 km) to the west of Ripon, on the banks of the River Skell. It is listed Grade II* on the National Heritage List for England, and the Japanese garden at the hall is listed Grade II on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. The house was built by Thomas Norton and his son Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley in the mid-18th century, apparently based on a Palladian design by Isaac Ware. Additions in the 1760s have been attributed to John Carr, who knew Fletcher Norton. The house was extended during the 19th and early 20th centuries to form the house as it stands today. More recently the building was used as a convalescent home during the Second World War. Between 1947 and 1974, the house was under the ownership of West Riding County Council, who purchased the property to use as an adult education residential college before it passed to North Yorkshire County Council in 1974, to become a training and conference centre. In 2006 the property was sold to a private purchaser for residential use. After a period of limited use. The property was left largely untouched for nearly a decade before being purchased in 2015 by the Sykes family, and planning permission was granted for conversion of the building into a 50 bedroom hotel. The building opened in 2019 as a "luxury hotel and wellness retreat". Other buildings on the Grantley Estate include The Ellis Building and the East Lodge.