It is situated 5 miles (8 km) to the north-west from the market town of Beverley and covering an area of 1,360.063 hectares (3,360.79 acres).

The 18th century Dalton Hall is the home of Lord Hotham, whose family have owned land in the area for generations.

It was built to the design of John Loughborough Pearson in 1858 to replace an older parish church.

[5] Sir John is represented in life as a reclining knight in full armour, with his helmet and gauntlet beside him, and in death, as a skeleton.

The Estate domestic buildings are rows of cottages and Tudor style houses, some having plates that record dates back to 1706.