Moreby Hall, York, England

The following is from the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest.

Early 19th-century formal garden for a country house of 1828-33 by Anthony Salvin built for Henry Preston, surrounded by a park.

LOCATION, AREA, BOUNDARIES, LANDFORM, SETTING

Moreby Hall is situated in the parish of Stillingfleet, to the south of York. The roughly 39-hectare site is situated between the River Ouse (with the Moreby Ings) to the west and the B1222 to the east, and is mainly surrounded by farmland. To the south, the site is bounded by a track which runs from the B1222 in a westerly direction to Home Farm. The gardens, situated to the west of the Hall, are terraced and slope down towards the River Ouse. The park to the east of the Hall lies on level ground.

REFERENCES Used by English Heritage

The Ladies' Magazine of Gardening (1841), pp 361-2

Country Life, 21 (16 February 1907), pp 234-43

C Holme, The gardens of England in the Northern counties (1911)

Yorkshire Life, (September 1970), pp 45-7

J Allibone, Anthony Salvin, Pioneer of Gothic Revival Architecture (1987), pp 28-33

N Pevsner and D Neave, The Buildings of England: Yorkshire, York and the East Riding (2nd edition 1995), pp 713-14

Maps

T Jefferys, Map of Yorkshire, 1772

OS 6" to 1 mile: 1st edition surveyed 1846, published 1851; 2nd edition surveyed 1906, published 1910

Illustrations

The former house at Moreby, near Stillingfleet, around 1720 (S Buck, Yorkshire Sketchbook)

Various copies of watercolours showing Moreby Hall, early 20th century (private collection)
 

Description written: November 1999

Edited: May 2000