Kirby Sigston Manor and Lake (geograph 2028063)

The Lake, Kirby Sigston manor (geograph 2028083)

Kirby Sigston Manor is a

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in the village of

Kirby Sigston Kirby Sigston is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England, approximately east of Northallerton. The village is situated on the Cod Beck river, and the wider parish contains the hamlet of Jeater Houses ...

North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by National parks of the United Kingdom, national parks, including most of ...

, England. It has been listed Grade II on the

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since January 1953. The house primarily dates from 1826. It was expanded in the 20th century. It is two storeys in height with a three-bay plan. It has a pair of four-bay plans to the rear of the house. The main door to the house has a Doric doorcase. The house is owned by

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, leader of the

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and

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, who bought it for £1.5 million before he became an MP. He was elected as the MP for the local constituency of Richmond (Yorks) in 2015. In 2021 Sunak was granted planning permission to build a leisure complex with a gym, swimming pool and outdoor tennis court in a paddock at the house. This work was expected to cost £400,000. Activists from the environmental charity

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projected a film onto the facade of the house in November 2022 as a protest regarding Sunak's government's policies on

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