Sledmere House
Sledmere House is a Grade I
The house is built in Nottinghamshire ashlar on three storeys to an H-shaped plan.[1]
History
William Sykes (1500–1577) migrated from Cumberland to the West Riding of Yorkshire, where he and his son became wealthy cloth traders. Daniel Sykes (b.1632) was the first member of the family to begin trading in Hull and made a fortune from shipping and finance. Richard Sykes (1678–1726) concentrated on the flourishing Baltic trade in pig iron and the wealth of the family was built on this in the first half of the eighteenth century. His son Sir Richard Sykes (1706–1761) married Mary Kirkby, sister of Mark Kirby, and heiress to the Sledmere estate.[2]
In 1751, Sir Richard Sykes demolished the previous
A catastrophic fire in 1911 left the building a shell and destroyed the Adam-style 1790s interiors. It is said that
Nowadays, land tied to this manor is used as the festival site for Tribfest, a music festival featuring tribute bands of many famous artists from around the world, alive or dead. This was started in 2007 and has been hosted at the fields surrounding Sledmere House every year since then. The year of 2020 happens to be an exception, where that year's festival was called off due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Features
The Long Library at Sledmere, superbly restored, is one of the most beautiful rooms in England. The Drawing Room and Music Room were decorated by Joseph Rose. The Music Room contains a fine organ case designed by
Sledmere House is set within a park of 960 acres (3.9 km2) designed in 1777 by Capability Brown and executed by Sir Christopher Sykes, 2nd Baronet. The plan still survives in the house. Its gardens include a paved sculpture court (1911), an 18th-century walled rose garden and a recently laid out knot garden.
See also
References
- ^ "Sledmere House, Sledmere". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ^ "Sledmere House:The Sykes family". Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ^ Historic England. "Sir Tatton Sykes memorial tower (1346480)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
Further reading
- The Big House: The Story of a Country House and its Family, Christopher Simon Sykes, Harper Perennial, London, 2005
External links
- Official site. Retrieved 27 November 2007.
- Karen Thompson (2005). Sledmere with information about house interior and current resident Sir Tatton Sykes, 8th Bt. Retrieved 27 November 2007.
- Sledmere village and house. Retrieved 27 November 2007.
- Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1083802)". National Heritage List for England.