Author name: Richard Clarke

Whereas, particularly on the southern Yorkshire Wolds, there was a cultural trend for those who achieved wealth and status through business and trade in Hull to move out to ‘the country’ and to build or extend ‘country seats’ (see Allison, K. Hull gent seeks country residence), on the south bank of the Humber no parallel […]

Before going onto four houses on the south bank of the Humber Estuary need to draw a few parallels from those already covered from East Yorkshire. Almost all of those covered so far were built/rebuilt/enlarged in the 18th century in the then fashionable neo-classical style (Georgian architectural style), at great cost (presumably) to the landed families

Hotham Hall, south of the village of Hotham, will be my last example on the north bank of the Humber Estuary. Built in the early 18th century and mostly of local limestone and white brick (unlike Houghton Hall s.p.b.) Hotham Hall remains a private residence not visible from the public highway but is from the public

Houghton Hall (see above, south front) stands just west of the village of Sancton and south of Market Weighton. Described by David Neave as ‘The perfect Georgian country house in a beautiful parkland setting’ (Buildings of England, Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (2005, 665-666), all the houses so far mentioned in he current run

From the early 18th century onwards the southern Yorkshire Wolds were a preferred locality for rich Hull merchants and businessmen to buy land and have built a country residence and grounds reflecting their wealth and status and, often, taking advantage of the views offered by the rolling landscape compared with the level ground of the

Sewerby Hall and Boynton Hall (s.p.b.s) are both Grade 1 ‘listed buildings’, some of the other large period houses considered recently are also Grade 1 although some are Grade 2*. The ‘listing’ of historic buildings is part of the responsibilities of the government agency Historic England. There are only three levels of listing; grade 1 (most