Croxdale Estate

Major alterations in about 1760 were carried out for William Salvin, probably to designs by architect John Carr, including the two-storey seven-bay west entrance front.

[3] A three-walled garden and lakes were laid out in the mid-18th century,[4] creating a pleasure ground through which the family could demonstrate their wealth and status with the exotic plants they acquired through their gardener John Kennedy (1719–1790), his Hammersmith-based nurseryman brother Lewis Kennedy (1721–1782), and his business partner James Lee (1715–1795).

[4] As of 2024[update], they are on Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register regarding the condition of walls and water features.

[citation needed] A disused 12th-century chapel which stands in the grounds is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and also a Grade I listed building.

[7] It was in use as a chapel of ease to St Oswalds, Elvet, until the new parish church of St. Bartholomew was built by the Salvins in 1845.