Rokeby Park

It is the private home of Sir Andrew Morritt but is open to the public on selected days.

The original now hangs in the National Gallery, London and a copy in the saloon at Rokeby Park.

Sir Walter Scott was a regular visitor to the house and used it as the setting for his narrative poem Rokeby in 1812.

Completed in 1735 (and known at the time as Rokeby Hall) by Sir Thomas Robinson, it is considered a fine example of the italianate Palladian style.

Robinson owned it until 1769, when he sold it to JS Morritt, an ancestor of the current owner.