[3] Sandbeck Park lies near the now ruined Roche Abbey, founded in 1147 by Cistercian monks, and approximately 2 miles (3 km) southeast of Maltby.

[5] However, this donation was later unsuccessfully disputed by her grandson Robert de Vipont, at some point between 1238 and 1254, as a document exists with witnesses certifying her gift to the monks was made of sound mind.

A contract dated February 1626 calls for mason Richard Marshall of Ashby, Lincolnshire to "undertake & begin a new house of the said Sir Nicholas Sanderson at Sandbeck in the County of Yorke where it is lefte & bring up the rough walls chimneys & gavell ends & all other work thereof belonginge to the bonde of a rough mason until the whole worke to be finished with bringinge up of the walls.

The fourth earl hired Neoclassical architect James Paine to considerably rebuild and extend the house in the fashionable Neo-Palladian style.

[14] Brown showed little regard to the archaeological significance of Roche Abbey; he "extensively demolished the remaining buildings, constructed huge earth terraces, and turfed across the entire site, leaving only the two transepts as 'romantic' features in the grounds.

[1] The house remains the private residence of the current head of the family, Richard Lumley, 13th Earl of Scarbrough, who takes an active part in local charities, including serving as Patron of the Sheffield Royal Society for the Blind.