Sunday, 22 January 2012

A walk to Ormesby Hall - North Yorkshire 19-01-12

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Home of the Pennyman family for nearly 400 years, this classic Georgian mansion, has a Victorian kitchen and laundry, extensive gardens and estate walks.

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Ormesby Hall stands in a landscape deliberately designed so that visitors in the 18th century would first see the impressive stable block from a distance as they travelled up the drive, but would not see the Hall itself until almost at this point.

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19th century Laundry – National Trust photo

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The Stables are still in use by the local constabulary.

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Main entrance to Ormesby Hall drive - approx 1/2 mile to the hall!

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