Built / Designed For: William Philip Molyneux, 4th Earl of Sefton.

House & Family History: The Elizabethan style Abbeystead was built in the late 19th century as a hunting lodge and was later converted into a country house. It was at Abbeystead that Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, died on August 9, 2016.

Garden & Outbuildings: The Abbeystead Estate is 20,000 acres and holds the record for the biggest grouse bag in one day: on August 12, 1915, when 2,929 birds were shot by eight guns.

House Listed: Grade II

Park Listed: Not Listed

Current Seat / Home of: Hugh Richard Louis Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster; Grosvenor family here since 1980.

Past Seat / Home of: William Philip Molyneux, 4th Earl of Sefton, 19th century.

Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust

Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home

House Open to Public: No

Historic Houses Member: No