Sledmere House, Driffield

Name: Sledmere House
Address: Sledmere, Driffield YO25 3XG, Driffield, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1377 236541

#1 among attractions in Driffield

Top attraction, Historical place, History museum, Museum

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Sledmere House is a Grade I listed Georgian country house, containing Chippendale, Sheraton and French furnishings and many fine pictures, set within a park designed by Capability Brown. It is located in the village of Sledmere, between Driffield and Malton, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The present house was begun in 1751, extended in the 1790s, and rebuilt after a fire in 1911. It was once the home of Colonel Sir Mark Sykes, 6th Baronet, noted English traveller and diplomatic advisor, and is now the home of Sir Tatton Sykes, 8th Baronet. ()

Coordinates: 54°4'11"N, 0°34'45"W

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Sledmere, Driffield YO25 3XGDriffield United Kingdom

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+44 1377 236541

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Sledmere House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Wharram Percy, St Peters, All Saints Church, Duggleby Howe.

4.5 miW
Village, Archaeological site
Wharram Percy, Malton
115 min walk • Wharram Percy is a deserted medieval village and former civil parish near Malton, North Yorkshire, on the western edge of the chalk Wolds of North Yorkshire, England.
5.9 miNW
Church
St Peters
152 min walk • St Peter's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Wintringham, North Yorkshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
7.1 miNW
Church
All Saints Church
181 min walk • All Saints Church is in the village of Thorpe Bassett, North Yorkshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Southern Ryedale, the archdeaconry of York, and the diocese of York. Its benefice is united with those of five other local churches to form the Benefice of Buckrose Carrs.
3.4 miNW
Museum, Archaeological site
Duggleby Howe
87 min walk • Duggleby Howe is one of the largest round barrows in Britain, located on the southern side of the Great Wold Valley in the district of Ryedale, and is one of four such monuments in this area, known collectively as the Great barrows of East Yorkshire.
5.6 miE
Prehistoric site
Danes Graves
142 min walk • Danes Graves is an archaeological site in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It forms part of the Arras Culture of inhumation and chariot burial prevalent in the region during the British Iron Age.
~600 ftW
Memorial
Wagoners' Memorial
3 min walk • The Wagoners' Memorial is a war memorial in Sledmere, in the East Riding of Yorkshire in England. The unusual squat columnar memorial was designed by Sir Mark Sykes, 6th Baronet and built in 1919–20.