Scampston, Ryedale, near Malton
North Yorkshire (North Riding)
England
Historic County: East Riding of YorkshireCirca Date: 17th century w/1690s, 18th & 19th century alterations and additions
Status: Fully Extant
House Open to Public: Yes
Country House: Yes
The Entrance Facade
The Sitting Room
The Walled Garden
The Walled Garden
Built / Designed For: William Hustler
House & Family History: Scampston was rebuilt for Sir William St. Quintin, 3rd Bt., receiver general for Ireland and member of parliament for Hull. Sir William purchased the estate in 1690 and immediately began building the current house; the Scampston Estate has remained in the hands of his descendants ever since. The house is located in Scampston village, whose name was variously written in ancient documents as Scamestun, Skameston, Skameston, and Skampston, and which was probably derived from a personal name. Scampston was extensively rebuilt and remodeled in the Regency style in the early 19th century to the designs of Thomas Leverton, leaving it with today's glorious interiors. It was also in the 19th century that Scampston passed into the ownership of the Legard (Le Gard) family, who continue to make the house their seat today.
Collections: The collection includes paintings by Thomas Gainsborough, Richard Wilson, Samuel Scott, and William Marlow. Gainsborough was a close friend of the 4th Baronet and there are many examples of his work at Scampston. There is also a fine collection of Sèvres and English porcelain, in addition to furniture by Chippendale and Gillows.
Garden & Outbuildings: The serpentine park of 420 acres was laid out first by Charles Bridgeman and later by Capability Brown, whose 1772 Ionic Palladian Bridge was recently restored. The Park includes 10 acres of lakes and a large Rock and Water Garden that features a collection of alpines. Scampston's refurbished Walled Garden, designed by Piet Oudolf, opened in 2004.
Architect: Thomas Leverton
Date: 1801-03Architect: Lancelot Brown
Date: 1772-73Country Life: CXV, 946, 1034, 1954.
Title: Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840, A - HARDBACK
Author: Colvin, Howard
Year Published: 2008
Reference: pgs. 168, 649
Publisher: New Haven: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300125085
Book Type: Hardback
House Listed: Grade II*
Park Listed: Grade II
Current Seat / Home of: Sir Charles Thomas Legard, 15th Bt.; Legard family here since 1959.
Past Seat / Home of: William Hustler, late 17th century. Sir William St. Quintin, 3rd Bt., 1690-1723; Sir William St. Quintin, 4th Bt., 1723-70; Sir William St. Quintin, 5th Bt., 1770-95; William Thomas St. Quintin (Darby), 1795-1805; William St. Quintin, 1805-59; Matthew Chitty Downes St. Quintin, 1859-76; William Herbert St. Quintin, 1876-1933. Lt. Col. Edmund George Savile L'Estrange-Malone, 1933-59. Sir Thomas Digby Legard, 14th Bt., 1959-84.
Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust
Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home
House Open to Public: Yes
Phone: 01944-758-224
Fax: 01944-758-700
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.scampston.co.uk
Awards: RICS Award for Building Conservation. The Country Life House of the Year Award.
Historic Houses Member: Yes