Ormesby Hall, a Grade I listed building, is a predominantly 18th-century mansion house built in the Palladian style and completed in 1754.

The stable block housed the horses of Cleveland Police Mounted Section until their disbandment in December 2013.

[3] They acquired a Baronetcy from Charles II for fighting on the side of the royalists in the English Civil War, which became extinct in 1852 with the death of Sir William Pennyman.

They lived in the house until 1983 when the National Trust opened the property and its 270 acres (110 ha) of land to the public after the death of Mrs Ruth Pennyman.

[4][5] The house contains significant plasterwork, a Victorian kitchen and laundry areas, gardens and estate walks.