Ormesby Hall, a

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, is a predominantly 18th-century mansion house built in the

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style and completed in 1754. It is situated in

Ormesby Ormesby is an area which is split between Borough of Middlesbrough and Borough of Redcar and Cleveland in North Yorkshire, England. It is in the Middlesbrough part of the Teesside built up area. Spencer Beck to the east and the B1380 road to ...

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in the north-east of England. The home of the Pennyman family, originally dating from c.1600, the property has been much modernised. Now described as a "classic Georgian mansion", it comprises a main residential block and an adjacent stable block. The stable block housed the horses of

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Mounted Section until their disbandment in December 2013. The Pennyman family, which began acquiring land in Ormesby in the 16th century, bought the Manor of Ormesby in about 1600 from the Conyers/Strangeways family. The Pennyman family then acquired a Baronetcy granted by Charles II for fighting on the side of the royalists in the

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. The Pennyman baronetcy became extinct in 1852 with the death of Sir William Pennyman. The Pennyman family continued to live in the house until 1983 when the

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opened the property and its of land to the public after the death of Mrs Ruth Pennyman. The house contains significant

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, a Victorian kitchen and laundry areas, gardens and estate walks. There is also a model railway which is open to the public. Ormesby Hall holds a range of events throughout the year.

References

''A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 2'' (1923) pp. 276-283 from British-History on Line

External links

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