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Aldby Park

Aldby Park
Buttercrambe
York

YO41 1XU

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Area: Yorkshire
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Aldby Park -- Yorkshire
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Aldby Park
Yorkshire
All details updated* as of: 03/02/2009
Text-Only version here

Disabled information plus mobility and walking aids
 Opening Days and Hours

Open by appointment only; 2pm to 5.30pm

Parties / Coaches: Yes
Groups / Coaches need Appointment: Yes
by appointment only

House Open for Viewing: No

National Garden Scheme days: No
Best Times of Year to Visit:
Spring
To see:
Spring shrubs and bulbs
 Admission Prices
Adult £5; Child & Over 60s £2.50.
 Onsite Facilities
Parking: Yes
Lavatories: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Shop: No
Plants for Sale: Yes
Lunches: No
Teas: No
Light Refreshment: No
Picnics: Yes
Dogs Allowed: Yes
On Lead only: Yes
Special Events: No
Other Facilities:
Plants for sales in garden
 Garden Features
Site of King Edwin's moated castle
Riverside walks by River Derwent
English Heritage Garden Grade:
National Collection:
 Description of Garden
Designer: Knowlton
A superb and ancient site has been extensively re-modelled and replanted with the terraces by the river holding primulas and ferns. The Saxon Mound features Yuccas, Day Lilies and Agapanthus and the mound north of the sarcophagus is white and yellow, contrasting well with the Yew and Box. Hypericum Hydcote and Corkscrew Hazel add interest.
 History of Garden
In the garden there are twin mounds and a dry moat. This is the site of King Edwin's castle, who married Queen Ethelburga, who was a Christian. In 1557 William Darley bought the manor of Buttercrambe from Earl of Westminster. An early estate map dated 1633 shows a Tudor house situated 25 yards east of the present one. The present house was built in 1726 by John Brewster Darley, probably to his own design, and with the help of the many talented craftsmen that abounded in Yorkshire at that time.

In 1743 John Brewster Darley died and his son Henry succeeded him. He continued to work on the house and employed Thomas Knowlton to remodel the park and garden. Knowlton at this time was Lord Burlington's gardener at Londesbrough. Knowlton's bill of 1746 shows that he was responsible for laying out the terraces that stretch down the steep bank to the Derwent, for the walk along the top of the bank, and the paths which wind round the Saxon Mound. He also produced a plan for landscaping the deer park. Neglect by the Government during WWII when the house was occupied by the Army, made the house uninhabitable and it was only in the mid-1960's that it was re-occupied by the present owners and the immense task of clearing and re-planting the garden begun - with the help of just one gardener!
 Nearby Yorkshire Hotels, Facilities & Amenities
Hotels & Accommodation:
Restaurants:
Inns & Pubs:
Gold Cup Inn, Low Catton
Villages / Towns / Sightseeing:
Stamford bridge (3 miles)
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