Everingham Park (Everingham Hall)

Earlier Houses: There were probably a number of earlier houses on, or near, the site of the current house, including Medieval buildings of the archbishops of York.

Built / Designed For: William Haggerston-Constable

House & Family History: Everingham was sold in 1982 by Lady Herries, along with 2,868 acres, after 800 years in the possession of the Constable family.
Garden & Outbuildings: Everingham Park is important because its landscape retains features of the Medieval deer park that once existed here.

Chapel & Church: The very grand early 19th century Grade I-listed Catholic Chapel of the Virgin and Saint Everilda is extant and sits next to the house (the chapel was originally linked to the house before the 1960s demolitions of parts of the house). Designed by the Roman architect Agostino Giorgioli, the Romanesque style stuccoed red brick chapel was built by John Hayes and features life-sized statues of the apostles and the Holy Family by Luigi Bozzoni. The chapel has a tripartite entrance facade with a single-bay narthex, a seven-bay nave with east transepts, a single-bay apsidal sanctuary, and a richly coffered ceiling.
Architect: Thomas Knowlton

Date of Birth: ?
Date of Death: ?
Nationality: British
Notes: Knowlton was an 18th century Londesborough garden and landscape designer. He was gardener of Lord Burlington.

Date: 1730s-40s
Designed: Advised on landscaping

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Architect: Francis F. Johnson

Date of Birth: 1911
Date of Death: 1995
Nationality: British
Notes: One of the leading classical architects of the late 20th century.

Date: 1962-63
Designed: Remodeled and reduced size of house for 16th Duke of Norfolk

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Architect: John Harper

Date of Birth: 1809
Date of Death: 1842
Nationality: British
Notes: Harper was born at Dunkenhalgh Hall, near Blackburn, Lancashire. He was a pupil of Benjamin Wyatt and Philip Wyatt, and assisted them in the preparation of designs for Apsley House, York House (now Lancaster House), and the Duke of York's Column, all in London. He opened his own practice in York and was retained by the Duke of Devonshire for works at Bolton Abbey and entered the competition for the new Houses of Parliament. Most of Harper's work is in the Gothic style. He was an accomplished draftsman and his sketches of antiquity were admired by his contemporaries. He died of malaria during a visit to Italy in 1842.

Date: 1836-39
Designed: Chapel of the Virgin and Saint Everilda; the design was that of the Roman architect Agostino Giorgioli, slightly altered and executed by Harper.

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Architect: John Carr

Date of Birth: 1723
Date of Death: 1807
Nationality: British
Nickname: Carr of York
Notes: Known as "Carr of York," most of his work was in the north of England, primarily in his native Yorkshire. Carr's only major work in the south was Basildon Park in Berkshire. Carr probably designed more stables (over 40) than any other Georgian architect.

Date: 1757-64
Designed: House for William Haggerston-Constable

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John Bernard (J.B.) Burke, published under the title of A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, among other titles: 2.S. Vol. I, p. 88, 1854.

Country Life: CXLIII, 340, 408, 1968.
Title: Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840, A - SOFTBACK
Author: Colvin, Howard
Year Published: 1995
Reference: pg. 461
Publisher: New Haven: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300072074
Book Type: Softback

Title: Disintegration of a Heritage: Country Houses and their Collections, 1979-1992, The
Author: Sayer, Michael
Year Published: 1993
Publisher: Norfolk: Michael Russell (Publishing)
ISBN: 0859551970
Book Type: Hardback
House Listed: Grade I

Park Listed: Not Listed
Current Seat / Home of: Helen and Philip Guest

Past Seat / Home of: SEATED AT EARLIER HOUSES: Sir Marmaduke Constable, 16th century; Sir Philip Constable, 17th century; Sir Philip Constable, early 18th century; Sir Marmaduke Constable, 1706-46; William Haggerston-Constable, 1746-60. SEATED AT CURRENT HOUSE: William Haggerston-Constable, 1760-97; William Constable-Maxwell, 10th Lord Herries, 1819-76; Marmaduke Constable-Maxwell, 11th Lord Herries and 1st Baron Herries, 1876-1908; Gwendolen Mary Fitzalan-Howard, 12th Lady Herries and Duchess of Norfolk, 1908-45; Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk and 13th Lord Herries, 1945-75; Anne Elizabeth Cowdrey, 14th Lady Herries and Lady Cowdrey of Tonbridge, 1975-82.

Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust

Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home

Ownership Details: The principal rooms of the house and the chapel can be visited by pre-booked groups only. The chapel and outbuildings can be booked for weddings.
House Open to Public: No
Phone: 07947-606-463

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.everinghampark.com/

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