Weston Hall is a
country house
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and
Grade I
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listed building
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in
Weston
Weston may refer to:
Places Australia
* Weston, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra
* Weston, New South Wales
* Weston Creek, a residential district of Canberra
* Weston Park, Canberra, a park
Canada
* Weston, Nova Scotia
* W ...
,
North Yorkshire
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, England.
History and architecture
The house has been in the
Vavasour
A vavasour (also vavasor; Old French ''vavassor'', ''vavassour''; French language, Modern French ''vavasseur''; Italian language, Italian ''valvassore'', ''varvassore''; Late Latin ''vavassor'') is a term in feudalism, feudal law. A vavasour was t ...
(Dawson after 1833) family since the 14th century.
It may contain a
medieval
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core, with a "Weston Hall" being mentioned in 1378.
However, it was largely rebuilt during the reign of
Elizabeth I
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, of which period it retains most external features.
There is also a notable Tudor or
Jacobean banqueting house
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, called the Banqueting Hall, built for Sir Mager Vavasour, which is Grade I listed.
It is 3 storeys high and has a stair turret with a gazebo at the top.
There is a 16th century or earlier
tithe barn
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to the South of the house,
which is
Grade II*
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 ...
listed.
The Hall and Banqueting Hall were formerly Grade II* listed,
but were upgraded.
References
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Country houses in North Yorkshire
Grade I listed houses in North Yorkshire