[1] The area was named “Rantune” in the Domesday survey of 1086, valued at £2, and with The Lord being the King, William the Conqueror.

In 1866, Sir Isaac Lowthian Bell, a scientist and ironmaster (Dorman Long – Middlesbrough) and early patron of the Arts and Crafts movement,[3] bought the estate.

Architect Philip Webb was commissioned by Lowthian Bell to design Rounton Grange to replace an existing farmhouse.

Building commenced in 1872 and completed in 1876, creating a “landmark of nineteenth century domestic architecture” in the view of Country Life magazine.

The Rounton Village Hall, built in 1907 by Tarrans of Hutton Rudby, funded by Sir Hugh & Lady Bell, now includes a War Memorial at the front.

Although the Grange no longer exists, various estate buildings still do, built in the Arts & Crafts style and mostly designed by Philip Webb.