It is described by Pevsner as “one of the sight of the East Riding…not extremely large, but wonderfully even and complete.” The property exudes architectural grandeur throughout and offers an exquisitely restored country house set in approximately 80 acres of attractive North Yorkshire countryside providing a manageable stately home. Howsham Hall offers the rare combination of exceptional formal r
ooms together with practical family accommodation designed for modern living. Build by Sir William Bamburgh in c.1610, whose coat of arms are above the main entrance, Howsham Hall is largely late Jacobean with early classical renaissance influences. The interior was subsequently remodelled in c.1775, thought to be attributed to John Carr, known for his work at Chatsworth, Harewood House and Castle Howard to name a few. For much of its history the house was in the ownership of the Cholmleys before it passed to the Strickland family who sold the estate and its contents in 1948 – 10 years later it was bought and converted into boy’s preparatory school. The current owner has converted the house from its institutional incarnation creating a fine, enviable country residence.
