Brockfield Hall is a
country house
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An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a Townhou ...
in
Warthill
Warthill is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, six miles north-east of York and 14 miles south-west of Malton.
The village has one public house, ''The Agar Arms'', and a Church of England primary school (established in 1 ...
, east of
York
York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss. It has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a Yor ...
in
North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in Northern England.The Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority areas of City of York, York and North Yorkshire (district), North Yorkshire are in Yorkshire and t ...
, England.
The hall was built in 1804 for Benjamin Agar, to a design by
Peter Atkinson. It is a two-storey building of brick, with a slate roof, and has three bays. It also has a lower two-storey service wing. On the main front, the central, entrance, bay comes further forward. It has a pilastered porch with a balcony above, and the entrance is arched, with double doors. There is a
Venetian window to the balcony, while the other windows are all sashes. The central bay of the garden front is bowed, and a single-storey garden room has been added to the left.
Inside the house, the entrance hall is circular, with a cast iron staircase rising through it. There is a decorative cornice and frieze, which may be slightly later than 1804. The drawing room and morning room also have early decoration.
The house was Grade II listed in 1953, and raised to
Grade II* listed
In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, H ...
in 1987.
It was purchased by Martin Fitzalan Howard in 1951, and has since been passed down his family. It contains the largest collection of paintings by the
Staithes group
The Staithes group or Staithes School was an art colony of 19th-century painters based in the North Yorkshire fishing village of Staithes.
Inspired by French Impressionists such as Monet, Cézanne and Renoir, the group of about 25 artists w ...
of artists. The house is open to the public for one month each year.
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Country houses in North Yorkshire
Historic house museums in North Yorkshire
Houses completed in 1804
Grade II* listed buildings in North Yorkshire