Newby Hall. Newby Hall is an 18th-century country house beside the River Ure in the parish of Skelton-on-Ure in North Yorkshire, England.
It is situated 3 miles south-east of Ripon and 6 miles south of Topcliffe Castle, from which the manor was held in ancient times. In St Columba's Church, Topcliffe, survive several monuments of the Robinson family of Newby and Rainton.
A Grade I listed building, it contains a collection of furniture, painting, and precious artefacts. The south side of the grounds by the river has extensive herbaceous borders and woodland walks.
Also Grade I listed are the Georgian stable block, leased as offices, and the Church of Christ the Consoler. Newby Hall is open to the public from 21 March until 1 October.
After the death of Sir John Crosland in 1670, the Crosland family sold the manor of Newby in the 1690s to Sir Edward Blackett, 2nd Baronet, a Member of Parliament for Ripon. He demolished the existing manor house, and built a spacious mansion in 1697, designed with the assistance of Sir Christopher Wren. He was succeeded in 1718 by his son Sir Edward Blackett, 3rd Baronet, and he in turn by his nephew Sir Edward Blackett, 4th Baronet, who in 1748 sold the estate to Richard Elcock to whose young son William Weddell it passed in 1762. William Weddell, an MP for Malton, benefited from his great-uncle's South Sea Company fortune and improved and enlarged the house
It is situated 3 miles south-east of Ripon and 6 miles south of Topcliffe Castle, from which the manor was held in ancient times. In St Columba's Church, Topcliffe, survive several monuments of the Robinson family of Newby and Rainton.
A Grade I listed building, it contains a collection of furniture, painting, and precious artefacts. The south side of the grounds by the river has extensive herbaceous borders and woodland walks.
Also Grade I listed are the Georgian stable block, leased as offices, and the Church of Christ the Consoler. Newby Hall is open to the public from 21 March until 1 October.
After the death of Sir John Crosland in 1670, the Crosland family sold the manor of Newby in the 1690s to Sir Edward Blackett, 2nd Baronet, a Member of Parliament for Ripon. He demolished the existing manor house, and built a spacious mansion in 1697, designed with the assistance of Sir Christopher Wren. He was succeeded in 1718 by his son Sir Edward Blackett, 3rd Baronet, and he in turn by his nephew Sir Edward Blackett, 4th Baronet, who in 1748 sold the estate to Richard Elcock to whose young son William Weddell it passed in 1762. William Weddell, an MP for Malton, benefited from his great-uncle's South Sea Company fortune and improved and enlarged the house
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