Hickleton Hall
| Hickleton Hall | |
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Hickleton Hall | |
  Location within South Yorkshire | |
| General information | |
| Type | Stately Home, Public |
| Architectural style | Grade II* listed Georgian |
| Location | Doncaster, South Yorkshire |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 53°32′26″N 1°16′25.4″W / 53.54056°N 1.273722°W |
| Owner | Sue Ryder Care Home |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | James Paine |
| Other information | |
| Parking | Yes |
| Website | |
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Hickleton Hall is a Grade II* listed Georgian country house in Hickleton, South Yorkshire, England, lying some 6 miles (10 km) west of Doncaster. For over 50 years (until 2012) it has been a Sue Ryder Care home but is now being converted to luxury apartments.
It was constructed in 1745-1748 of limestone ashlar with graduated slate roofs. The main range has a seven-bay frontage with flanking pavilions.[1]
History
In the 16th century a house known as Hickleton Palace stood on the site, built by Judge Francis Rodes. The present Hall was built in 1745-1748, just to the south of the original house, by architect James Paine for Godfrey Wentworth of Woolley, near Barnsley, who had bought the estate c.1730. He extended the house in 1777 with the addition of two low wings on either side and a servants wing. He died in 1789 and the Hall was inherited by his grandson, Godfrey Wentworth Armytage, who changed his name to Godfrey Wentworth Wentworth. He was appointed High Sheriff of Yorkshire for 1796-1797. When his banking business failed he was forced to sell the property.[2]
It was purchased in 1828 by Sir Francis Lindley Wood, 2nd Baronet of Hemsworth and Garrowby and on his death in 1846 passed to his son Charles Wood, 3rd Baronet (1800-1885). Charles Wood was the MP for Grimsby, Wareham, Halifax and Ripon. He was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1846 to 1852 and created Viscount Halifax in 1866. He died in 1885 at the Hall, which was then inherited by his son Charles Lindley Wood (1839–1934), the 2nd Viscount and on his death by his son, Edward Wood, the 3rd Viscount Halifax, who was Viceroy of India from 1926 to 1929, Foreign Secretary from 1938 to 1940 and created Earl Halifax in 1944.[3]
During the Second World War the house was the headquarters of I Corps following the Dunkirk evacuation in May 1940.[4]
The Halifax family preferred their estate at Garrowby to Hickleton and in 1947 sold the contents of Hickleton Hall and leased the premises as a girls' school (St. Hilda's Church of England school run by members of the Order of the Holy Paraclete Convent). From 1961 to 2012 the hall and the immediate parkland were operated by Sue Ryder Care as a Sue Ryder Home. The house was marketed for sale in 2015.[5]
References
- ↑ "Hickleton Hall with Attached Quadrant Walls and Walls Extended to Enclose Entrace Front Garden Havin, Hickleton". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ↑ "Hickleton Hall". Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ↑ "Lord Halifax". Spartacus. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
- ↑ Newbold, p. 202
- ↑ "This 64-bedroom country house costs the same as swanky Mayfair flat". The Mirror. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
Sources
- Newbold, David John. "British planning and preparations to resist invasion on land, September 1939 - September 1940". King's College, University of London.
External links
- "Hickleton Hall History".
- "Hickleton". Doncaster and Districy Family History Society.
Coordinates: 53°32′27″N 1°16′25″W / 53.5408°N 1.2737°W