County guide · The Stately Homes
Best houses in Yorkshire
18 houses across Yorkshire's four historic ridings - North, West, South and the East Riding.
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Every house on this list - 17 in total, 2 you can stay overnight in
Harewood House
West Yorkshire
Home of the Lascelles family, now run by an educational charitable trust.
Brodsworth Hall and Gardens
South Yorkshire
Victorian country house conserved largely as it was found after the death of its last owner in 1988, with restored gardens.
Beningbrough Hall
North Yorkshire
Baroque country house with elaborate wood-carved interiors, displaying portraits from the National Portrait Gallery
Nunnington Hall
North Yorkshire
16th and 17th-century manor house on the banks of the River Rye
East Riddlesden Hall
West Yorkshire
17th-century Yorkshire manor house with a striking timber-framed barn
Ormesby Hall
North Yorkshire
18th-century Palladian house near Middlesbrough, former home of the Pennyman family
Treasurer's House, York
North Yorkshire
Medieval house next to York Minster, once home of collector Frank Green
Bramham Park
West Yorkshire
Queen Anne house with an early 18th-century formal landscape, home of the Lane Fox family.
Kiplin Hall
North Yorkshire
Jacobean house built for George Calvert, founder of the colony of Maryland, now run by a trust.
Goldsborough Hall
North Yorkshire
Former childhood home of HRH Princess Mary, now privately run as a boutique hotel and wedding venue.
Scampston Hall
North Yorkshire
Georgian house on an estate held by the Legard family for over 300 years.
Sutton Park
North Yorkshire
Georgian house, residence of the Sheffield baronets.
Castle Howard
North Yorkshire
Baroque house, filming location for Brideshead Revisited and Bridgerton
Nostell
West Yorkshire
Palladian mansion designed in part by Robert Adam, home of Chippendale furniture commissioned for the house
Newby Hall
North Yorkshire
Late 17th-century house with interiors by Robert Adam, home of the Compton family.
Markenfield Hall
North Yorkshire
Complete medieval moated manor house, open on limited days each year.
Norton Conyers
North Yorkshire
Medieval and Jacobean house said to have influenced Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre.