Barden Tower (15th century) Bradford, North Yorkshire In 1311, when Robert Clifford became the Lord of Skipton, Barden was a hunting forest with 6 lodges. In the late 15th century, Henry Clifford, 'The Shepherd Lord', rebuilt the hunting lodge in stone and made it his principle residence. In 1515, he built the Priest's House next to the Chapel. In 1659, Lady Anne Clifford restored Barden Tower. Following her death it was taken over by its rightful owners the Earls of Cork, but sadly fell into decline in the late 18th century. http://www.boltonabbey.com/
	Beningbrough Hall (18th century) Beningbrough, North Yorkshire This wonderful Georgian house is filled with 18th century treasures including portraits loaned by the National Portrait Gallery. There are beautiful gardens and parkland. All this is complemented by a Victorian laundry, excellent facilities for children, shop and restaurant. http://www.york-tourism.co.uk http://www.touruk.co.uk
	Bishopthorpe Palace (13th-19th century) York, North Yorkshire The official house of the Archbishop of York. The Palace is built of magnesian limestone, almost certainly from Thevesdale near Tadcaster. It has masons' marks common to York Minster south transept (also built for him) and was finished around 1250. Archbishop Thoresby extended his private rooms in 1364-5 and in 1483 Archbishop Rotherham added a range to the north built of red brick decorated with diaper in vitrified brick which doubled the size of the residential quarters and improved the kitchens. http://www.bishopthorpepalace.co.uk/
	Bolling Hall (15th-17th century) Bradford, North Yorkshire A largely 17th century manor house incorporating a tudor pele tower, with a wing altered in the late 18th century. Splendid collection of 17th century oak furniture, and large windows with stained glass coats of arms. Bolling Hall is best known for its splendid array of North Country Furniture and for its huge window full of stained glass Coats of Arms. http://www.bradfordmuseums.org/boh/boh_main.htm http://www.touruk.co.uk/houses/houseyorkshire_bolling.htm
	Bramham Park (17th century) Wetherby, West Yorkshire This splendid Queen Anne mansion was built in 1698, and its famous gardens laid out over the following thirty years by Robert Benson, First Lord Bingley. 300 years later, his family still own and live at Bramham Park, and welcome visitors as guests to their home. See the fine collections of furniture, porcelain and paintings in the House, and stroll in the peaceful tranquility of 66 acres of formal gardens, unique in the British Isles. View magnificent displays of flowers in Spring and Summer, with ornamental ponds, cascades, tall beech hedges and loggias of various shapes. http://www.yorkshirenet.co.uk/bramham/
	Brodsworth Hall (19th century) Brodsworth, South Yorkshire The Victorian country house, now owned by English Heritage, has survived virtually unaltered since the 19th century with most of its original furnishings and decorations intact. The house, designed and built in the 1860s, has been carefully conserved by English Heritage. The patina of age has been preserved throughout the house and as a result the interior is both fascinating and evocative. http://www.touruk.co.uk http://www.doncaster.gov.uk http://www.welcometoyork.co.uk/brodsworth.html
	Burton Agnes Hall & Gardens (15th century) Driffield, East Yorkshire Burton Agnes Hall is a magnificent example of late Elizabethan architecture, lived in by descendents of the original family, the home is filled with treasures accumulated over 4 centuries, from the magnificent carvings commissioned by the first owners to the modern French and English paintings of the Impressionist schools collections in recent years. http://www.driffield.co.uk/visitor.htm
	Burton Constable (16th century) Hull, East Yorkshire Burton Constable is a large Elizabethan mansion set in a 300 acre park with nearly 30 rooms open to the public. The interiors of faded splendour are filled with fine furniture, paintings and sculpture, a library of 5,000 books and a remarkable 18th century cabinet of curiosities which contains fossils, natural history specimens and the most important collection of scientific instruments to be found in any country house. Occupied by the Constable family for over 400 years, the house still maintains the atmosphere of a home. The superb 18th and 19th century interiors include a Gallery, Dining and Drawing Rooms, Bedrooms, Chapel and Chinese Room. Outside the house there are gardens with statues, a delightful orangery ornamented with coade stone, a stable block and wild fowl lakes set in 300 acres of parkland landscaped by Capability Brown in the 1770's. http://www.burtonconstable.com
	Cannon Hall (18th century) Barnsley, South Yorkshire Cannon Hall was designed by John Carr of York and is set in over 70 acres of historic parkland which includes beautiful formal gardens providing a perfect setting for picnics or relaxing strolls. Landscaped in the 1760's by Richard Woods, the park is an ideal place for a relaxing walk or family outing. The historic walled garden adjacent to the main Hall dates from the 1760's and can be enjoyed by visitors all year round. For over two hundred years Cannon Hall was home to the Spencer-Stanhope family. The Hall is now a museum with collections of fine furniture, Old Master paintings, stunning glassware and colourful pottery, some of which are displayed in period settings such as the Victorian Parlour. It also houses 'Charge', the Regimental Museum of the 13th/18th Hussars (Queen Mary's Own), which is a must for anyone interested in military history. http://www.barnsley.gov.uk
	Cholmley House (16th century) Whitby, North Yorkshire The Cholmley family acquired Whitby Abbey and its land after the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539 and lived in the abbey`s lodgings and the gatehouse until they built the Banqueting House. Costing the princely sum of £232,000, money for the development came from a fortune amassed from the local alum industry and Sir Hugh Cholmley`s involvement in building a fortified harbour wall in the English colony of Tangiers. During the 18th Century the Banqueting House fell into decay after the loss of its roof to a storm in the year 1790. The decay was arrested after the property and other abbey buildings came into the possession of the Strickland family, whose descendants still own the house today. They secured walls by fitting bracing arches in 1866, replaced when the property and abbey ruins were handed to the Ministry of Works in 1936. http://www.queensland.co.uk/cholmley.html
	Cusworth Hall (18th century) Doncaster, South Yorkshire Cusworth Hall is a fine example of an 18th century house set in a fine parkland. It has an excellent view across to Doncaster. The there is fishing lake at the bottom of the hill. Cusworth Hall is a popular venue for special events such as egg rolling at Easter time and musical events at Christmas. It was lived in by the Battie-Wrightson family for many years, and there is a display about the family. The museum is also known as 'The Museum of South Yorkshire Life'. The rooms contain varied displays such as trains and transport, Women at Work, Toys and Children's Games, Coal Mining, Farming and Agriculture, Clothes and Costumes, Wheelwrights and Blacksmiths, Entertainment, Photography, and Electronic Recording. In the past there has been a period bathroom and a beehive. (The first website below is hosted by a primary school that visited the hall; lots of great photos.) http://www.townfield.doncaster.sch.uk/pages/trips/cusworth_hall.htm http://www.visitdoncaster.co.uk/
	Dobroyd Castle (19th century) Halifax, West Yorkshire Dobroyd Castle in Todmorden was built by mill owner John Fielden as a honeymoon home for his mill girl wife, Ruth. The objective was to create a building which would 'immortalise the name of Fielden' and which would be 'the most commanding object in the neighbourhood'. In 1995, Dobroyd Castle was bought by monks from the New Kadampa Buddhist Tradition for £320,000. The Losang Dragpa Centre, as the Castle is now called, offers meditation courses, weekend retreats and holds an annual open day. This summer, Buddhists at the centre were seeking sponsorship from local businesses to raise funds for the restoration of the Castle. Repairs to the glass ceiling and roof are required and the monks wish to convert a stable block, develop the garden, and carry out restoration of the Castle's interior. http://www.calderdale.gov.uk
	Doncaster Mansion House (18th century) Doncaster, South Yorkshire Doncaster's elegant Mansion House, a focus for civic pride, has dominated the High Street for over two hundred and fifty years. It is one of only four surviving civic Mansion Houses in the country. The first was built by the corporation of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1691, but was demolished in the redevelopment of the town centre in the mid-nineteenth century. York began its own mansion house in 1725, followed by London in 1739 and finally by Bristol in 1783. The Bristol mansion house was built sloley as a home for the mayor, and the mansion houses of London and York provided accommodation for the mayor as one of their functions. Doncaster Mansion House, however, was designed as a place for corporate entertaining and, although there were several rooms to provide living accommodation, the house was never intended as a residence for the mayor in his year of office, although a few mayors made use of the rooms for this purpose. (Note: The website gives an extensive tour of the manor.) http://www.doncaster.gov.uk
	Duncombe Park (18th century) Helmsley, North Yorkshire Duncombe Park is an impressive early-18th century house set in landscaped gardens and surrounded parkland. http://www.duncombepark.com/index2.htm http://www.touruk.co.ukm
	East Riddlesden Hall (17th century) Keighley, West Yorkshire Be captivated by this homely 17th century merchant's house with a wonderful collection of embroideries, textiles and Yorkshire Oak furniture. Delightful gardens set against the dramatic ruins of the Starkie Wing with fruit trees, herbs and herbaceous borders. The Orchard Garden has old varieties of apple trees, swathes of bulbs and wildflowers, which bloom from spring to late summer.The house is full of mystery and ghostly stories and is waiting to be explored. Don't miss the magnificent 17th century oak framed barn in the grounds, the grass maze or Airedale Heifer playground. http://www.visitbradford.com http://www.touruk.co.uk National Trust
	Folly (17th century) Settle, North Yorkshire The Folly is a striking and impressive 17th century house close to the centre of Settle in the heart of Yorkshire's Craven Dales. The Folly was built in 1679 by Richard Preston, a wealthy merchant. His new house, standing by the old main road into the town, formed the centrepiece of his estate in Settle and was undoubtedly built to make an impact. The Museum of North Craven Life occupies the South and Central ranges of the Folly. http://www.ncbpt.org.uk/folly/index.htm
	Fountains Hall (16th century) Ripon, North Yorkshire Fountains Hall was built by Stephen Proctor between 1598 and 1604, partly with stone from the Abbey ruins. It was built for peace and prosperity, not defence, and has been attributed to the influence of the Elizabethan architect Robert Smythson. After Proctor's death in 1619, the Hall eventually came into the hands of the Messenger family. They were Recusants [Catholics] but outwardly conformed to the Protestant religious settlement: this enabled them to lead quieter lives and may have preserved their finances, but they were still deniedmuch social and all political positions. On the Fountains Abbey estate. http://www.fountainsabbey.org.uk/estate/hall1i.html
	Harewood House (18th/19th century) Leeds, West Yorkshire Harewood House has been the home of the Lascelles family for over 200 years. The Lascelles are an ancient family and one came to Britain with William the Conqueror. The stunning Paladian house was designed by John Carr of York in the 1759 and interiors were the work of Robert Adam. Much of the furniture at Harewood was designed especially for the house by Thomas Chippendale who was born at nearby Otley. Succeeding generations of the family have added fine art collections to the house. The 1st Viscount Lascelles collected French porcelain and Chinese celadon and commissioned watercolours by the foremost artists of the day. The 6th Earl of Harewood, father of the present Earl, collected Italian paintings whilst the 6th Earl's wife Princess Mary, the Princess Royal, was the daughter of George V. Princess Mary carried out restoration of the house to re-establish Robert Adam's designs. Her personal royal mementos are displayed throughout the house. Visitors can also see the gardens and a bird garden. http://www.harewood.org/ http://www.touruk.co.uk
	Hellifield Peel (14th century) Gargrave, South Yorkshire Hellifield Peel is a large mid-15th century crenellated tower house. It is said to have been built by Lawrence Hammerton circa 1440 - 41. Hellifield Peel underwent major structural changes in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The east wall has a seventeenth century mullion and transom window and the windows on the north wall are Georgian. However, many of the original medieval features remain. Although Hellifield Peel is on private land a footpath runs past it, allowing the public to study this roofless ruin. http://www.dales-castles.org.uk/hellifield.htm
	Hovingham Hall (18th century) Hovingham, North Yorkshire For over 400 years Hovingham has been the home of the Worsley family. The Palladian house was built between 1750 and 1770 by Thomas Worsley to his own design and is unique being entered through The Riding School. http://www.hovingham.co.uk/pages/home.html
	King's Manor (15th century) York, North Yorkshire This group of largely Grade I medieval buildings is a vivid evocation of the past. Originally the Abbot's House of St Mary's Abbey, the King's Manor served the Tudors and Stuarts as a seat of government, becoming a school and residences in the 18th century. The history of the King's Manor weaves a continuous thread in the history of York since medieval times. Following the Dissolution of the monasteries, the Manor was retained by the Crown and allocated to the Council of the North. It became the official residence of the President of the Council in 1561 and was gradually enlarged and extended westwards. Much of the building work was done during the reign of Elizabeth I. In the late 16th century, under the Earl of Huntingdon (President of the Council from 1572 to 95), residential wings and a service building were added. Ashlar work in the Manor after the 1560s is of reused stone from St Mary's Abbey. The Huntingdon Room in the Elizabethan extension has an impressive plaster frieze with the arms of Henry Hastings, Earl of Huntingdon. The Stuarts stayed regularly at the Manor en route from Edinburgh to London, and in their time a new U-shaped building created the present, curiously irregular first courtyard. The 17th century Council Chamber is now the Refectory. The decorative doorway at the main entrance is Jacobean. The building now houses several departments of the University of York. http://www.york.ac.uk/admin/presspr/kmanor/
	Kiplin Hall (17th century) Scorton, Richmond, North Yorkshire Kiplin Hall stands near the River Swale in the beautiful Vale of Mowbray, between the Yorkshire Dales and the North Yorkshire Moors. The Hall was built as a hunting lodge in the early 1620s for George Calvert, Secretary of State to James I, later the 1st Lord Baltimore and the founder of Maryland, USA. Its design was unique in Jacobean architecture, with central domed towers on each side of a tall symmetrical pavilion in mellow red brick. Four families linked by marriage owned Kiplin for almost four centuries, increasing the estate, making changes to the building, and adding to its collections of fine paintings and furniture. Recent restoration work has brought the Hall back to life as a comfortable and welcoming Victorian family home. http://www.kiplinhall.co.uk/

	Langcliffe Hall (16th century) Langcliffe, North Yorkshire The history of Langcliffe Hall is closely entwined with the history of the Dawson family who have lived there for most of the last four centuries, this being their main residence. But Langcliffe Hall was here before the Dawson family arrived. The local historian, Thomas Brayshaw thought the Hall may have originated as a Grange for Sawley Abbey (Salley) and certainly Sawley owned this property before the dissolution. It is thought that most properties in Langcliffe were obtained as a block on the dissolution of the monasteries by Lord Thomas Darcy. Later Nicholas Darcy 'sold' most of the land on 500 year leases mainly in 1591. The earliest date stone in the Parish is now displayed above the Hall's main doorway showing the initials of S (for Henry Somerscale) 1602 E.R.44., so the Hall is technically Elizabethan but the main early fabric is typically Jacobean in style. http://www.langcliffe.net/LangHall.htm
	Longley Old Hall (14th-16th century) Huddersfield, West Yorkshire Longley Old Hall is a timber framed Grade II* listed manor house. It was owned by the Ramsden family, the Lords of the Manors of Almondbury and Huddersfield, from about 1540 until 1976. Architectural evidence points to the oldest parts of the Hall dating from the mid 14th century to the early 15th century. The earliest specific reference found so far is an Inquisition record of 1574, but an entry in William Ramsden's Commonplace Book of 1544 refers to purchasing timber to repair his 'house at Longley'. The structure is a mixture of medieval, Tudor, Jacobean and Victorian building work. Parts of it were demolished at unknown dates and the timbers re-used in the later works. It is open for pre-booked guided tours at Easter, Summer and Christmas bank holidays, and by appointment for private viewing for groups of 12 to 25 visitors. For evening visits in winter the Hall is lit by candlelight and open fire. Individual tours or smaller groups are available by special arrangement. http://www.longleyoldhall.co.uk/
	Lotherton Hall (19th century) Leeds, West Yorkshire In continuous occupation since the 7th century, Lotherton takes its name from an Anglo-Saxon settler called Hluttor whose farm or 'tun' occupied the site in early times. By 1086 records suggest that a hall or manor house had been built here and, during the Middle Ages, a number of tenants are recorded as having lived on the site, including such well known Yorkshire families as the Nevilles and the de Hothams. Colonel Frederick Gascoigne, inherited the property in 1893 [and] extended and remodelled the house and gardens to create a charming home for his family. In 1968 they presented the Hall to the City of Leeds, together with its park, garden and art collections. These, along with items brought from Temple Newsam House and Leeds City Art Gallery and objects bought specially for the house since it opened as a museum in 1969 are what visitors to the house see today, a lasting testimony to an ancient Yorkshire family and support of the arts by the people of Leeds. http://www.leeds.gov.uk/lothertonhall/
	Manor House Museum Ilkley, North Yorkshire Situated within the beautiful surroundings of the Wharfe Valley, one of Ilkley's oldest buildings, the Manor House, has been converted into an attractive museum and art gallery. On the ground floor visitors are given a glimpse into Ilkley's past while the first floor galleries provide the venue for a regularly changing programme of temporary exhibitions. While being a major exhibit in itself, the Manor House also stands on the remains of the Roman fort of Olicana. Only a short section of defensive wall remains exposed at the back of the building, but Roman artefacts from the fort and surrounding area are on permanent display inside the Manor House, together with prehistoric artefacts and information about the development of Ilkley as a Victorian spa town. http://www.bradfordmuseums.org/mh/mh_main.htm
	Markenfield Hall (14th century) Ripon, North Yorkshire Markenfield Hall was built by Canon John de Markenfield, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Edward II, in 1310. The King granted him permission to fortify the house: the Scots were raiding England as far south as Ripon, where many were kicked and survivors taken as hostages. http://www.riponcity.info
	Moulton Hall (17th century) Moulton, Richmond, North Yorkshire This compact stone manor house dates from 1650. It has a very fine carved wood staircase. http://www.smithson.org.uk National Trust
	Myddleton Lodge (16th century) Ilkley, North Yorkshire High above Ilkley, to the west of Middleton village, stands the impressive building most local people call 'The Monastery'. Known more properly as Myddelton Lodge, it is about to enter a new phase of its long history -- as an integrated part of the Pastoral Centre of the Diocese of Leeds. The building is interesting not only because of its almost unbroken association with the Catholic religion, but also as the home and hunting lodge of the Middelton family, who were the 'Lords of the Manor' of Ilkley, Middleton, and other estates in Yorkshire for many centuries. http://www.angelfire.com/ms/middelton/mydde.html
	Neswick Gardens Neswick, East Yorkshire A fine country manor, which has been restored to its former glory, is Neswick Gardens that stands stately behind decorative walls and in beautifully cared for gardens. http://www.driffield.co.uk/wolds_village_neswick.htm
	Newburgh Priory (12th century) Coxwold, Thirsk, North Yorkshire Newburgh Priory is a fine stately home in a superb setting with breathtaking views across wide lawns and a fish pondto the Kilburn White Horse in the distance. The house was the country seat for the Belassis family in the 16th and 17th century. Originally an Augustinian Priory from 1145 providing priests for the surrounding churches in return for gifts of land and money from the rich landowners. Legend has it that Oliver Cromwell's head is entombed in a secret chamber within the walls! Belonged formerly to the Earls of Fauconberg and presently the home of the Wombwell family. http://www.oldsteadgrange.free-online.co.uk http://www.touruk.co.uk
	Newby Hall and Gardens (17th century) Ripon, North Yorkshire Newby Hall, near Ripon, is the Yorkshire home of Mr & Mrs Richard Compton. Featured in BBC television's 'Heirs & Graces', this beautiful late 17th century house, with much of the interior later designed by Robert Adam, was built in the style of Sir Christopher Wren. The house has a friendly, tranquil atmosphere. The main rooms contain some fine 17th and 18th century furniture; the long table in the hall dates from the Middle Ages. The parlour and the dining room have good 18th century plasterwork. King James's Room, where James II stayed in 1679 when he was Duke of York, has kept its 17th century appearance. The house has some fine paintings, and the hall in particular is hung with splendid portraits and hunting scenes. Family and other costumes are displayed in the library and in the best spare bedroom. These displays are changed annually. http://www.newbyhall.co.uk/
	Norton Conyers (14th century) Ripon, North Yorkshire Norton Conyers is a mid 14th Century house with Tudor, Stuart and Georgian additions. It has been the home of the Graham family since 1624. http://www.riponcity.info http://www.touruk.co.uk
	Nostell Priory (18th century) Wakefield, West Yorkshire The priory, dedicated to St Oswald, was founded in the 12th century. The friars continued there until the Di