Cholmley House

It was built in 1672 by Sir Hugh Cholmeley, whose family had acquired the Abbey ruins and the land around them after its dissolution in 1539 – from then until 1672, the family had lived in what had been the Abbey's gatehouse and guest lodgings.

In 1743 the family succeeded to the Wentworth estates and moved its main base to Howsham Hall, leaving Cholmley House deserted.

Only the main hall remained and even this fell into decay before coming into the possession of the Strickland family, who fitted bracing arches in 1866 to secure its walls.

The house was repurposed as the museum, shop and visitor reception for the Abbey site by design studio Stanton Williams,[1] and was reopened on 30 March 2002 by David Hope, then Archbishop of York.

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