Constable Burton Hall
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| caption = Constable Burton Hall Portico Front
| type = Country house
| locmapin = North Yorkshire
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| location = Constable Burton, North Yorkshire
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| built = 1762–1767
| built_for = Sir Marmaduke Wyvill
| architect = John Carr
| architecture = Palladian
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| designation1 = Grade I
| designation1_offname = Constable Burton Hall
| designation1_date = 13 February 1967
| designation1_number = {{Listed building England|1131472}}
| designation2 = Grade II*
| designation2_offname = Coach House and Stables of Constable Burton Hall
| designation2_date = 13 February 1967
| designation2_number = {{Listed building England|1318295}}
| designation3 = National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens
| designation3_offname = Constable Burton Hall
| designation3_date = 10 May 1984
| designation3_number = {{Listed building England|1001060}}
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Constable Burton Hall is a Grade I-listed Georgian country house of dressed stone in an extensive and well wooded park in the village of Constable Burton in North Yorkshire, designed by John Carr of York in 1768. It is privately owned by the Wyvill family. The house is a two-storey ashlar-faced structure with a five bay frontage having an elegant recessed Ionic portico. The principal entrance is approached by a double flight of steps. The side elevation has a pediment and there is a large projecting bay to the rear of the house.
The house was listed Grade I in 1967,{{NHLE |num= 1131472 |desc=Contable Burton Hall |grade=I |accessdate=11 August 2023}} with the coach house and stables,{{NHLE |num= 1318295|desc=Coach House and Stables of Constable Burton Hall|grade=II* |accessdate=11 August 2023}} and the laundry{{NHLE |num= 1131473|desc=Laundry Block |grade=II |accessdate=11 August 2023}} listed as Grade II* and Grade II respectively at the same time. In 1984, the park was listed as Grade II on the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.{{National Heritage List for England|num=1001060|desc=Constable Burton Hall|accessdate=11 August 2023}} The pub in the village is called The Wyvill Arms.{{cite news|last1=Lloyd|first1=Chris|title=Review: The Wyvill Arms, Constable Burton|url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/lifestyle/eatingout/14442927.Review__The_Wyvill_Arms__Constable_Burton/|accessdate=27 November 2017|work=The Northern Echo|date=21 April 2016}}
The house and gardens are private.
History
The estate came into the Wyvill (sometimes Wyvell) family by marriage in the reign of Edward VI. In 1611 Marmaduke Wyvill was created a baronet. The house then passed down to the 7th Baronet, also Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, who in 1768 commissioned John Carr of York to remodel the Elizabethan H-plan house in the Palladian style.
The 7th Baronet was High Sheriff of Yorkshire for 1773 and died unmarried in 1774, causing the baronetcy to become dormant after its American heirs failed to claim the title.{{cite web|title=Desert Sun 18 September 1969 — California Digital Newspaper Collection|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DS19690918.2.52&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1|access-date=2021-10-29|website=cdnc.ucr.edu}} He left the estate to his cousin and brother-in-law, the Rev. Christopher Wyvill, from whom it descended in turn via the latter's son Marmaduke, the MP for York, to Marmaduke's son, also Marmaduke (1815–1896). He represented Richmond in Parliament for many years and was also a world class chess player. The current owner is his grandson, Charles Wyvill.{{cite web|url=http://www.wyvill.com/constable.php|title=Wyvill Family|accessdate=4 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130414122407/http://www.wyvill.com/constable.php|archive-date=14 April 2013|url-status=dead}}
Popular culture
In the 1945 film The Way to the Stars the hall was used as the United States Army Air Forces headquarters.{{cite web|url=http://www.british-film-locations.com/The-Way-To-The-Stars-1945|title=The Way to the Stars (1945)|website=British Film Locations|access-date=2 July 2020}} Its exterior remains little changed today.{{cite web|url=http://www.reelstreets.com/films/way-to-the-stars-the|title=Way to the Stars, The|website=Reelstreets|access-date=3 July 2020}}
The hall was also featured in the British television series All Creatures Great and Small, in the episode "Be Prepared", as the home of Major Headingley.[http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMH91E_Constable_Burton_Hall_Constable_Burton_N_Yorks_All_Creatures_Great_Small_Be_Prepared_1980 "Constable Burton Hall, Constable Burton, N Yorks – All Creatures Great & Small, Be Prepared (1980)"] – Waymarking.com
See also
References
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External links
{{commons category|Constable Burton Hall}}
- [http://www.constableburton.com/ Official website]
- {{NHLE |num=1131472}}
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Category:Country houses in North Yorkshire
Category:Grade I listed houses in North Yorkshire