Goldsborough Hall

The house was built from 1598 to 1625 for Sir Richard Hutton, a prominent lawyer in London, who became High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1623.

During the Civil War, the house was forcibly occupied by Oliver Cromwell's army in 1644 while they besieged Knaresborough Castle.

The King and Queen visited their daughter and grandchildren George and Gerald Lascelles, and stayed at Goldsborough Hall on many occasions throughout the 1920s.

In 1997 BUPA acquired Goldsborough Estates and looked at ways to bring the Hall to meet with modern standards in nursing practice.

Due to the historic nature of the building, it was considered to be impractical and the Hall closed as a nursing home in May 2003 and was subsequently advertised for sale.

The main state rooms have been refurbished and the hall now offers guest accommodation with 16 bedrooms and suites.

[3] Daniel Lascelles employed garden designer Richard Woods (1715–1793)[4] and a plan of improvements was drawn up in 1763, which modified the existing geometric layout recorded in 1738.

The gardens and grounds were once again altered by Princess Mary and Viscount Lascelles in the 1920s with the planting of two long herbaceous borders flanked by beech hedges.

A 34-tree quarter-mile Lime Tree Walk was planted from 1922 to 1930 when royalty visited including trees planted by Queen Mary and King George V. The gardens, neglected for years, have been replanted in a Gertrude Jekyll style that befits their original creation in the time of Princess Mary.