In 1765 his son Davison Richard Grieve commissioned architect John Carr to build a new park and mansion, Swarland Hall.

The new Hall was demolished in the early 1930s and in 1936 a new village of 77 cottages was built on the estate by the Fountains Abbey Settlers Trust.

The house which has a four-bay south front and two storeys with attics was built in the late 17th century and incorporates fabric of earlier properties.

The east front is notable for its castellated full height screen wall with three blind Gothic arches.

Quite a number of pupils from the first settlers have left the village to become the parents of Doctors, nurses and police officers of senior rank.

One boy was employed at Buckingham Palace as a footman and married the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret's travelling maid.

Every year, the working men's club holds a Quoits competition, which is affectionately claimed by locals to be the 'Quoits World Championships'.