Howsham Hall 2.71

Howsham Hall is a 28336sqft grade I listed Jacobean stately home in Howsham, North Yorkshire, England.It is built in two storeys of limestone ashlar to a U-shaped plan with a 7-bay frontage. The house was converted to a preparatory school in the mid-20th century. The house has been for sale since 2009.HistoryIn the early 16th century the Howsham estate belonged to nearby Kirkham Priory and following the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII was granted to Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland around 1540. His great-grandson sold it to Thomas Bamburgh. The present Hall was built in about 1610 on the site of a previous manor house, using stone from the priory, by Sir William Bamburgh, whose coat of arms, with those of his wife Mary Forthe, is above the main entrance. The cellar is Norman and the main part of the house is Jacobean. However the structure of the building has since been altered over the years. Sir William was High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1607–08.In 1709, the house having passed by marriage to the Wentworth family, Sir John Wentworth added the east front.