It has baroque interiors, cantilevered stairs, wood carving and central corridors which run the length of the house.

[6] Local builder William Thornton oversaw the construction, but Beningbrough's designer remains a mystery; possibly it was Thomas Archer.

In 1916, however, a wealthy heiress, Enid Scudamore-Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield, bought it and immediately set about its restoration, filling it with furnishings and paintings from her ancestral home, Holme Lacy in Herefordshire.

[11] Lady Chesterfield died in 1957, and in June 1958 the estate was acquired by the National Trust after it had been accepted by the government in lieu of death duties at a cost of £29,250.

[14] Beningbrough Hall includes a wilderness play area, community orchard, an Italianate border and garden shop.