County guide · The Stately Homes
Best stately homes in Yorkshire
Yorkshire is led by Castle Howard, the baroque palace of Brideshead fame, with Beningbrough Hall's Georgian interiors and the antiquarian Treasurer's House in York close behind.
There are 21 stately homes in Yorkshire on this list across East Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and York. Grantley Hall is the best-rated, at 4.8 from 772 Google reviews. Castle Howard draws the most reviews of any house here, 8,799 of them.
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Every stately home on this list - 21 in total, 8 you can stay overnight in
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
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
Newby Hall
North Yorkshire
Late 17th-century house with interiors by Robert Adam, home of the Compton family.
Burton Agnes Hall
East Yorkshire
Elizabethan hall held in trust by the descendants of the founding family.
Burton Constable Hall
East Yorkshire
Elizabethan mansion of the Constable family, now cared for by a charitable foundation.
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.
Grantley Hall
North Yorkshire
Grade II* listed Palladian hall built for the Norton family in the late 17th century, extended by Fletcher Norton (1st Baron Grantley) around 1740; bought by the Sykes family in 2015 and reopened in 2019 after a four-year restoration as a five-star hotel, spa and wedding venue.
Goldsborough Hall
North Yorkshire
Former childhood home of HRH Princess Mary, now privately run as a boutique hotel and wedding venue.
Fairfax House
York
18th-century townhouse restored and run by the York Civic Trust, an independent charity.
Scampston Hall
North Yorkshire
Georgian house on an estate held by the Legard family for over 300 years.
Markenfield Hall
North Yorkshire
Complete medieval moated manor house, open on limited days each year.
Sutton Park
North Yorkshire
Georgian house, residence of the Sheffield baronets.
Norton Conyers
North Yorkshire
Medieval and Jacobean house said to have influenced Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre.
Common questions
How many stately homes can you visit in Yorkshire?
21 stately homes in Yorkshire are on this list, spread across East Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and York. Every one of them opens to visitors in some form, whether that is a ticketed house, a regular tour or a hotel occupying the building itself.
Which is the best-rated stately home in Yorkshire?
Grantley Hall in North Yorkshire, rated 4.8 from 772 Google reviews. Only houses with at least 100 reviews are considered, so a high score from a handful of visitors does not top the list.
Which stately home in Yorkshire is the most reviewed?
Castle Howard in North Yorkshire, with 8,799 Google reviews at 4.6. That is a rough proxy for how well known and how busy a house is, not a visitor figure, which no house here publishes.
Are any stately homes in Yorkshire free to enter?
None of the 21 on this list is recorded as free entry. Entry prices are set by each house rather than held here, and several are covered by a membership scheme, so check the operator's own site before you travel.
Who runs the stately homes in Yorkshire?
Of the 21 on this list, 1 is run by English Heritage, 6 are run by the National Trust and the remaining 14 by private estates, independent trusts or local councils. Who owns a house decides whether a membership card gets you in, so each entry names its operator and links to the official site.