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Monk Fryston Hall is a
Monk Fryston Hall is a Grade II* listed
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern I ...
country house standing in 66 acres of parkland in Monk Fryston
Monk Fryston is a small village and civil parish in the Selby district of North Yorkshire, England.
The village was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974.
History and overview
The ''Dictionary of British Place Names'' n ...
, Selby
Selby is a market town and civil parish in the Selby District of North Yorkshire, England, south of York on the River Ouse, with a population at the 2011 census of 14,731.
The town was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until ...
, North Yorkshire, England
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The hall was originally built for Selby Abbey
Selby Abbey is an Anglican parish church in the town of Selby, North Yorkshire, England. It is Grade I listed.
Monastic history
It is one of the relatively few surviving abbey churches of the medieval period, and, although not a cathedral ...
in the 13th century in Magnesian Limestone
The Magnesian Limestone is a suite of carbonate rocks in north-east England dating from the Permian period. The outcrop stretches from Nottingham northwards through Yorkshire and into County Durham where it is exposed along the coast between ...
with a stone slate roof. It was heavily restored c.1740, altered again in 1897 and an additional range added in the 20th century.
Monk Fryston was bought in 1680 by the Hemsworth family and the family occupied the hall for several generations. In 1946 it was sold to an S.W. Tinsdale who converted the hall to an hotel, selling it on in 1954 to the 10th Duke of Rutland. After changing hands twice since then it is now being run as a hotel known as Monk Fryston Hall Hotel.
References
Country houses in North Yorkshire Grade II* listed buildings in North Yorkshire {{NorthYorkshire-struct-stub