The House from a 1905 postcard
Garden & Outbuildings: Thomas Atkinson designed gatehouse in Gothic style for Archbishop Robert Hay Drummond between 1766 and 1769.
Architect: Thomas Atkinson
Date: 1763-65John Preston (J.P.) Neale, published under the title of Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, among other titles: Vol. V, 1822.
Country Life: LXV, 50, 1929. CXXX. 566, 1961.
Title: Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840, A - SOFTBACK
Author: Colvin, Howard
Year Published: 1995
Publisher: New Haven: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300072074
Book Type: Softback
House Listed: Grade I
Park Listed: Not Listed
Current Seat / Home of: Archbishop of York; here since the 13th century.
Current Ownership Type: The Church of England
Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home
House Open to Public: Limited Access
Phone: 01904-707-021
Fax: 01904-709-204
Website: http://www.archbishopofyork.org
Historic Houses Member: No