Sheriff Hutton Hall

A deer park was enclosed at Sheriff Hutton in 1335, and a royal hunting lodge was later built in it. Between 1619 and 1624, Arthur Ingram demolished the old building and constructed a large new shooting lodge. The construction was carried out by Richard Maybank and Henry Duckett, who reused stone from Sheriff Hutton Castle. It included a great hall, long gallery and chapel. It originally had a U-shape, but in the 1730s it was remodelled and the wings were demolished. In 1848, a large extension was added to the right. The building was grade I listed in 1954. It became part of the East 15 Acting School in the 1980s, but by 2010 it was in poor repair. It was restored, the work including the…

The hall is built of brick with hipped roofs, the older part in stone slate and the newer part in Westmorland slate. The 18th-century part has two storeys, a basement and an attic, five bays, and a modillion cornice. Steps lead up to a doorway with a divided fanlight. Most of the windows are sashes, in the basement are fixed windows and a French window, and on the attics are pedimented dormers. The 19th-century part has two storeys and a basement, and three bays, the middle bay canted. The windows are sashes, and to the right is a single-storey greenhouse with a gabled porch. Inside, the Oak Parlour retains its decoration of the 1620s, including a moulded plaster ceiling and frieze by John…