Settrington House

Settrington House is a historic building in Settrington, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.

The Bigod family had a house in Settrington. In the early 1790s, Mark and Henrietta Masterman Sykes commissioned a new house on a nearby site. The entrance front of the house was altered in the 19th century, and again in 1939. In 1963, the centre of the building suffered a fire, and it was rebuilt by Francis Johnson. The house was grade II listed in 1986.[1][2][3]

The house is built of sandstone on a plinth. The garden front has two storeys and an attic, and a central block of three bays with a dentilled pediment containing an oculus. This is flanked by slightly recessed single-storey two-bay wings, recessed link bays, and gabled pavilions. In the middle of the central block is a round-arched doorway with a rusticated surround, and imposts with paterae. The windows are sashes, with a sill band on the upper floor. The flanking wings have a dentilled cornice, and contain sash windows. On the linking bays are panelled parapets, and the pavilions have pedimented gables. They contain rebuilt Venetian windows, flanked by round-headed niches, and with a sill band. The entrance front has a central doorway with an eared architrave, it is approached by a double staircase, and has an eared architrave. The front also contains sash windows, a Venetian oriel window, and a dentilled pediment with a tripartite lunette.[3][4]

The Riding School, built in 1793, is grade II* listed. The building is built of sandstone on a plinth, with a timber eaves course and an M-shaped slate roof, hipped on the left. There is a single-storey range of seven bays. The central bay is taller, with a loft, and a pyramidal roof with a ball finial. It contains a tall round-headed carriage arch with imposts and a lunette, and above is an oculus. The other bays form recessed blind arcades containing lunettes with pivoting centre lights. Inside, a pair of Doric columns support a lantern over the middle bay.[4][5]

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References

  1. ^ "Past brought up to date". Yorkshire Post. 1 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  2. ^ "Settrington House". DiCamillo Lectures. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  3. ^ a b Historic England. "Settrington House, Settrington (1315801)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
  4. ^ a b Pevsner, Nikolaus; Neave, David (1995) [1972]. Yorkshire: York and the East Riding. The Buildings of England (2 ed.). New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-09593-7.
  5. ^ Historic England. "Riding School approximately 25 metres north-west of Settrington House, Settrington (1149512)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
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