Londesborough Hall

Kip and Knyff

(1709)

Londesborough Hall is a country house in the village of Londesborough in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, close to the towns of Market Weighton and Pocklington.

The original Elizabethan building was demolished in 1819 and replaced by the present Victorian house.

History

The Londesborough estate belonged, in the 16th and early 17th century, to the Clifford family, the

Earls of Cumberland. The original house was built by George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland, in 1589, created in the Elizabethan style.^[1]

In 1643, the last Earl,

Palladian movement in England, and himself a noted architect, had alterations made to Londesborough, undertaken by William Kent

On the 3rd Earl's death without a male heir, in 1753, Londesborough passed to the

York to Beverley line for Hudson to use.^[1]

Hudson's questionable financial practices soon brought about his ruin, and in 1849, he sold Londesborough to the politician,

The Victorian house survives in the ownership of Dr and Mrs Ashwin, who also own the Londesborough estate. The Yorkshire Wolds Way long-distance footpath passes through Londesborough Park, which still has open pastureland described on the walk's official site as "a delight to walk through".^{[citation needed]}