Boynton Hall is a country house in the village of Boynton near Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is a

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building. Originally constructed in the late 16th century, the house has been remodelled several times since. It is built in red brick with stone dressings and a slate roof, originally to an H-shaped plan, but since infilled at the front. Originally a two-storey building, it is now a three-storey building with a 7-bay frontage. The central 5 bays project slightly and have a 3-window polygonal bay. The Hall stands within an associated park, whose features include a walled garden and the Carnaby Temple folly (known locally as the Pepperpot). Other buildings, such as the Dairy, the Pigeon House and the Lodge, are

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buildings.

History

The house was acquired in 1549 by William Strickland of Marske, who extended it into an H-shaped building with a central hall. Strickland was reputed to have sailed to America with Sebastian Cabot and to have introduced the

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to England and was twice MP for

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. It passed down to his grandson, the Parliamentarian

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who was MP for

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in the

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from 1640 to 1653. It descended via

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, MP to

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, MP, who commissioned both

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and

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to carry out work on the Hall. Further modifications were done by the 4th Baronet in 1684. In the 1720 an extra floor was added with a new slate roof and in the 1760s the front of the house was infilled by the York architect

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. The 7th Baronet changed his name to Cholmley in 1865 in order to inherit the estates, including Howsham Hall, of

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, but his son

Sir Charles Strickland, 8th Baronet Sir Charles William Strickland, 8th Baronet (6 February 1819 – 31 December 1909) was an English barrister and a rower who was in the winning crew in the first Grand Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta. He was President of the Yorkshire Philos ...

reverted to the traditional surname. The direct Strickland line failed in 1938 on the death of

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(who had renounced the title and left the country) and the Hall passed to the Strickland-Constable branch of the family. They sold it in the 1950s. The house was then bought back in the 1980s by a family member, Richard Marriott, and has since been restored.

References

{{reflist Country houses in the East Riding of Yorkshire Grade I listed buildings in the East Riding of Yorkshire