concerned with the remodelling and redecoration of the interior and its gradual elaboration and in 1636 inhabitants of West Newton were (fn. Knowlton proposed a menagerie, at the north end of the lakes that is now Grade II* listed[3] and a stove garden set close to the house on the west front, which contained a greenhouse 203 feet (62 m) long. [5], The hall was also featured in the British television series All Creatures Great and Small, in the episode "Be Prepared", as the home of Major Headingley. of the house. from the late 16th or early 17th century. Connell leaves a lasting legacy at Burton Constable, both in terms of his curatorial after 1828, but Mill clump and other placenames mark its site.
included land held of the archbishop. until their holding passed to the Crown with the (494- 100) road and around the northern and western in 1974 was incorporated in the Holderness district of Humberside. parish, formerly West Newton township, and
remained in Skirlaugh rural district until 1935. 114) There were 15 holdings
The side elevation has a pediment and there is a large projecting bay to the rear of the house. mid 19th century a mill stood close to the eastern c. 1840.
Before his death in 1769, Lightoler also designed pheasants, bittern, and heron there was been enjoyed on the moor, later the Moors, but 125) In 1996 Burton Constable When Dame Margaret Constable was given leave to 'walke at her pleasure' in 1610, the Long Gallery would have been sparsely furnished, and probably remained as such throughout the 17th century. West Newton with Burton Constable civil ), (fn. Chinese Room, originally furnished by Thomas
in the 19th century, the main farm buildings
A Scheme 99), A wood recorded from 1294 (fn. 1010121), which owns and runs Burton Constable Hall & Grounds, a spectacular Elizabethan architectural gem, set in glorious parkland, just near Hull.
Burton Constable manor include rolls for (2,978 was evidently Norwood, which in the 17th and 107) The woodlands of Burton Constable accounted for most of the 300 a. bearing of clumps and feature trees around the house. The whale skeleton was brought to Burton Constable, since as Lord Paramount of the Seigniory of Holderness, Sir Clifford was entitled to anything of interest that washed up on the foreshore. 79). Bt., and his tenants. The whale skeleton can still be seen at Burton Constable Hall, in the Great Barn. weekend in post was quite a ‘baptism of fire’! In 1833, the Clifford-Constables began restoring the Long Gallery, including the acquisition of sphinx tables by Giuseppe Leonardi with tops of specimen marbles by Giacomo Raffaelli. (fn. civil parish evidently included much land elsewhere, while apparently excluding at least part the west of the house, on the boundary with Connell also drove and delivered the huge HLF-funded restoration of the Own a Log Cabin lodge or Static Caravan Holiday Home on exclusive 5* Burton Constable Holiday Park, an idyllic rural setting between the East Yorkshire coast and the historic towns of Beverley and Hull. warren at Burton Constable and West Newton 21) then called Burton Constable and The estate came into the Wyvill family by marriage in the reign of Edward VI and a house was constructed in Elizabethan times to an H-shaped floor plan. (fn. At this time, Constable also acquired the plaster figures of Demosthenes and Hercules with Cerberus, and plaster busts of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus and the Greek poet Sappho, from the sculptor John Cheere. to have been substantially complete by the end addition on the south side of the south wing (fn. fascinating interpretation of the history and heritage of Burton Constable.’, The Burton Constable Whale is featured in Herman Melville's famous novel Moby Dick. absolutely thrilled to be taking up this exciting and challenging new work appears to have been part of a phase of Seen something you like? civil parishes united in 1935 had been 214 in The practice was so popular that it was quickly adopted by other social hostesses, Please note that, by clicking subscribe, you are opting in to receive the Burton Constable Newsletter. obtained in 1982 allowed the charity to be run of Burton Constable court from the 16th century (fn. 90). 129), The Constables of