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Danby Hall

Thornton Steward, GB

Danby Hall

Danby Hall is a historic building near Thornton Steward, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The country house was originally constructed in the 14th century as a pele tower, perhaps with a wing attached. The house passed to the Scrope family, who greatly enlarged the building in 1658. The bui

lding was greatly altered by Joseph Hansom in 1855, the work including a new garden front. Local tradition claims that the building was reduced from three storeys to two, although its development is not entirely clear. While the work was underway, a secret room was discovered with a cache of weapons, supposedly concealed in support of Bonnie Prince Charlie during the Jacobite rising of 1745. The building was grade I listed in 1967. The house is built of stone and has a Welsh slate roof with coped gables and finials. It has two storeys and an H-shaped plan. The entrance front has a range of five bays, the second and fourth bays projecting, and long flanking cross wings, above which is a pierced and balustraded parapet, at one point with pierced initials and a date, and the windows are cross windows. On the right wing is a 14th-century pele tower with mullioned windows and an embattled...

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