A hand-colored engraving from "Neale's Views of Seats," 1830.
Built / Designed For: 2nd and 3rd Viscounts Galway
House & Family History: The 1st Viscount Galway purchased Serlby Hall in 1727 and laid the foundations for a new house. Over the next 30 years his son and grandson (the 2nd and 3rd Viscounts Galway) built the current House. During the Great War Serlby was an auxiliary military hospital; it served as a prisoner of war camp during World War II.
Collections: The contents of Serlby Hall were sold at auction in 1978. Part of the Serlby collection is today at Melbury House, Dorset.
Architect: William Lindley
Date: 1812Architect: John Woodhead
Date: 1812John 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. III, 1820.
Country Life: CXXV, 654, 708, 766, 1959.
Title: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 1990
Author: Kidd, Charles; Williamson, David (Editors)
Year Published: 1990
Reference: pg. P 494
Publisher: London: Debrett's Peerage Limited (New York: St. Martin's Press, Inc.)
ISBN: 0312046405
Book Type: Hardback
Title: James Paine
Author: Leach, Peter
Year Published: 1988
Reference: pg. 208
Publisher: London: A. Zwemmer Ltd.
ISBN: 0302006028
Book Type: Hardback
Title: Classical Architecture in Britain: The Heroic Age
Author: Worsley, Giles
Year Published: 1995
Reference: pg. 250
Publisher: New Haven: Yale University Press (The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art)
ISBN: 0300058969
Book Type: Hardback
Title: Georgian: The Magazine of the Georgian Group, The
Author: NA
Year Published: NA
Reference: Jan 2002, pg. 1
Publisher: London: The Georgian Group
ISBN: NA
Book Type: Magazine
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
Past Seat / Home of: Saunderson family, until the early 18th century. George Edward Arundell Monckton-Arundell, 6th Viscount Galway, 19th century; Monckton-Arundell family here from 1727 until 1981.
Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust
Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home
House Open to Public: No
Historic Houses Member: No