Camblesforth Hall

{{Short description|Historic building in Camblesforth, England}}

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Camblesforth Hall is a historic building in Camblesforth, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.

The hall was built in about 1690, probably by John Etty, and extended on several occasions. By the 20th century, it was used as a farmhouse, and at some point was divided into two properties. It was Grade I listed in 1966.{{cite news |last1=Laycock |first1=Mike |title=Mystery over woman's name discovered etched in window at hall |url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/18946108.mystery-womans-name-discovered-etched-window-hall/ |access-date=14 May 2024 |work=The Press |date=16 December 2020}}{{NHLE |desc=Camblesforth Hall |num=1173983 |access-date=14 May 2024}} It became empty in about 2010, and fell into poor repair.{{cite news |last1=Scott |first1=Catherine |title=Camblesforth Hall: How a couple with a premature baby turned an abandoned Yorkshire country house into a dream wedding venue |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/camblesforth-hall-how-a-couple-with-a-premature-baby-turned-an-abandoned-yorkshire-country-house-into-a-dream-wedding-venue-4539327 |access-date=14 May 2024 |work=Yorkshire Post |date=2 March 2024}} In 2020 it was purchased by Naomi and Byron Ward, who restored the property. During the process, they discovered the name "Francis Mary Adams" scratched into the window, the name of a resident in the mid 18th century. Some of the renovation works were captured and featured on Channel 4 'Renovation Nation' in 2022. Since the restoration, it has been used as a wedding venue.

The house is built of reddish-brown brick on a plinth with stone coping, stone dressings, quoins, overhanging eaves with modillions, and a hipped slate roof with a central well. There are two storeys and attics, and seven bays. The central doorway has a moulded architrave, a frieze with floral scrolls, and a broken pediment on consoles. The windows are sashes with flat gauged brick arches, and in the attic are four pedimented dormers with horizontally-sliding sashes. At the rear is a large round-headed sash window with radial glazing, imposts and a keystone. On the east return is a doorway with a Gibbs surround and a devil mask keystone. Inside, much of the original interior survives, including the main and service staircases, much panelling, and many doors, plastered ceilings and fireplaces.{{Citation | last =Harman| first =Ruth| authorlink = | last2 = Pevsner | first2 = Nikolaus | author2-link = Nikolaus Pevsner | series= The Buildings of England| title =Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South | publisher =Yale University Press | year =2017 | location =New Haven and London | isbn =978-0-300-22468-9}}