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Garden Name: Burton Constable
Last Modified: 08/02/2010
Garden ID: 0439

pic: 0439_BurtonConstable.jpg

Owner: Helen Dewson
Address:
Skirlaugh
Hull

Postcode: HU11 4LN
County: Yorkshire

tel: 01964 562400
fax: 01964 563229
website: www.burtonconstable.com
email: helendewson {at} btconnect.com

Features: 


English Heritage Grade:
II

Opening Times:
Easter Sat - 28th Oct; Sat - Thurs; 12.30pm - 5.00pm.
Christmas Opening: Sat 20th Nov - Sun 5th Dec; 12.30pm - 5pm

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National Collection: 


National Garden Scheme days: No
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Parties / Coaches: Yes 
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Viewing by Appointment: Yes
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House Open for Viewing: Yes
Comments: Hall open 1pm - 4pm. Last admissions 3pm.

Admission Prices:
Adult £6; Child £3; Over 60s £5.50 family £14.50;
Grounds & Stables only. Adult £2.50; Child £1.25
Group visits £5pp

Parking: Yes
Lavatories: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
Shop: Yes
Plants for Sale: No
Lunches: No
Teas: Yes
Refreshments: Yes
Picnics: Yes
Dogs allowed: Yes
Only on Lead: Yes
Events: Yes

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Designer: 'Capability' Brown
Description of Garden:
Around the house there are gardens with statues, an Orangery, stable block and wildfowl lakes set in 300 acres of parkland landscaped by 'Capability' Brown in the 18th century.

The historic parkland surrounding the hall is to be restored to its former glory by virtue of funding provided by the Countryside Stewardship Scheme.


History: 
Story of the Burton Constable Sperm Whale.
"...at a place in Yorkshire, England, Burton Constable by name, a certain Sir Clifford Constable has in his possession the skeleton of a Sperm Whale...Sir Clifford's whale has been articulated throughout; so that like a great chest of draws, you can open and shut him, in all his long cavities - spread out his ribs like a gigantic fan - swing all day upon his lower jaw. Locks are to be put upon some of his trap doors and shutters; and a footman will show round future visitors with a bunch of keys at his side. Sir Clifford thinks of charging twopence for a peep at the whispering gallery in the spinal column; threepence to hear the echo in the hollow of his cerebellum; and sixpence for the unrivalled view from his forehead."

It came to the attention of Herman Melville, who published his masterpiece Moby Dick in 1851.

Local Inns: 
Constable Arms, Sproatley
Railway Inn, New Ellerby

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Village/Town/Sightseeing: 
Beverley
Hull