Newby Hall, Ripon, England

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

A park probably with 17th-century origins which was laid out in the late 18th century to a partially executed design by Thomas White. Gardens of 1920-70 by Major Edward Compton which incorporate a late 19th-century rock garden laid out by Backhouse of York to a design by Ellen Willmott are on the site of formal gardens possibly designed by Peter Aram.

LOCATION, AREA, BOUNDARIES, LANDFORM, SETTING

Newby Hall lies immediately south-west of the village of Skelton in a rural and agricultural setting. The approximately 210 hectare site lies on level land which rises slightly to the north from the River Ure which flows through the south side of the site. The boundaries are formed by fences and walls dividing the park from agricultural land.

REFERENCES Used by English Heritage

Country Life, 19 (20 January 1906), pp 90-8; 81 (12 June 1937), pp 658-64; 165 (7 June 1979), pp 1802-6; (14 June 1979), pp 1918-21

C Morris (editor), The Journeys of Celia Fiennes (1948)

N Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Yorkshire The West Riding (1959), pp 375-6

D Turnbull, Thomas White (1739-1811): Eighteenth Century Landscape Designer and Arboriculturist, (University of Hull DPhil thesis 1990, pp 267-8, 276-9, 287-90, 498)

Newby Hall and Gardens, guidebook, (R Compton 1997)

Maps

Thomas White, A Plan of Alterations Designed for Newby the Seat of William Weddell Esq, 1766

Flintoff, Estate Map, 1772

OS 6" to 1 mile: 1st edition published 1856; 1928 edition

OS 25" to 1 mile: 2nd edition published 1909; 1929 edition
 

Description written: October 1998

Edited: October 1999