Beningbrough Hall

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Beningbrough Hall by Morris (1880).

Beningbrough Hall is a large Georgian mansion near the village of Beningbrough in the North of England. At one time the site of a modest Elizabethan manor house, built by Sir Ralph Bourchier on his inheritance to the estate in 1556, the present house, situated a few miles outside of York, was created for his descendent, John Bourchier.

Built in 1716, the house has remarkable cantilevered stairs, baroque interiors, exceptional wood carving and unusual central corridors which run the length of the house. Externally the house is an imposing red-brick Georgian mansion with a grand drive running up to the main frontage.

The house is now owned by the National Trust and is open to the public. It exhibits more than 100 18th-century portraits and has seven new interpretation galleries, in partnership with the National Portrait Gallery. There is also a replica of a Victorian laundry and a walled garden with extensive vegetable planting, the results of which are then used by the associated restaurant.