Creskeld Hall

The present Hall at Creskeld occupies the site of the original Manor house and there are parts in the centre which date back to the 1600s, with very old oak beams.

Bertram Parkinson founded the Creskeld Herd of British Friesians in 1920, obtaining both a bull and females from a 1922 South African importation and by careful additional purchase accumulated a very good team which won many championships, both pre and post the Second World War.

Internal scenes have been shot in ITV's Leeds studio since the 1990s and a purpose built facade was used for a short period in 2014 at the Emmerdale village on the Harewood Estate.

In 2005 Zoe Tate destroyed the house by setting off a gas explosion which was filmed with the erection of a false facade on the eastern elevation of the Hall.

Creskeld has also been used for other television programmes over the years including, Century Falls, The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank, The Darling Buds of May, Anton Mosimann – Naturally, and Secrets of the Royal Kitchen.

The hall sits in approximately 3.5 acres (14,000 m2) of garden, with a beech tree avenue, and has many rare colours of Rhododendron and Azalea collected by one of the family in the 1930s.

The grounds also boast a terrace, walled vegetable garden, croquet lawn, canals, woodland plantings, and a specimen of a mature Monkey Puzzle tree.