The House from a circa 1911 postcard
House & Family History: Charles Dickens, who was a frequent visitor to Easthorpe, wrote part of "Martin Chuzzlewit" here. Dickens supposedly based the character of Sarah Gamp in the novel on the Easthorpe Hall housekeeper. In the 19th century the Easthorpe Estate was sold to the Howard family and absorbed into the Castle Howard Estate. The House was sold in 1965, after which it became a nightclub. Easthorpe burned down in 1971 in questionable circumstances.
Comments: Pevsner called Easthorpe "uncommonly fine."
Architect: Walter Henry Brierley
Date: 1926Architect: Thomas Atkinson
Date: 18th centuryArchitect: John Carr
Date: 18th century
Title: Lost Houses of York and the North Riding
Author: Waterson, Edward; Meadows, Peter
Year Published: 1998
Reference: pg. 13
Publisher: Yorkshire: Jill Raines
ISBN: 0951649434
Book Type: Softback
House Listed: Demolished
Park Listed: Destroyed
Past Seat / Home of: William Eure, 4th Baron Eure, 17th century. James Hebden, 18th century. Charles Smithson, until 1843. Ralph William Ernest Beckett, 3rd Baron Grimthorpe, 19th century; Christopher Beckett, 4th Baron Grimthorpe, 20th century.
Current Ownership Type: Demolished
Primary Current Ownership Use: Demolished
House Open to Public: No
Historic Houses Member: No