STILLINGTON HALL

One of the lost buildings of Yorkshire.

Built c1734 for Stephen Croft  (1712-1798) as a replacement for an earlier building. Enlarged in the mid 19th century,  described as having a sumptuous interior and splendid gardens, it fell victim to neglect and was demolished in the late 1960s.

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c1900 Taken from the park, south elevation, note the Ha-Ha wall in foreground. Postcard by Rowley.	c1920 The stable yard was situated at the eastern end of what is now known as South Back Lane
c1920 South elevation looking east, Spencer Corbett the head gardener in foreground	5/9/1922 The Hall entrance off Main Street. The gates were decorated for the wedding, in London, of the step daughter of Squire Liddell, Rose Mary Vernon-Harcourt. The gate pillars and wall still exist today.
The inner hall and stairway	The building that stood on the west side of main house late 1960s
Date unknown but probably 1930s, note the tennis court front left of picture.	A multiview post card of the Hall with some interior views, dating from the time of the Roman Catholic Alexian Brothers 1936-1948
Partly demolished late 1960s	Partly demolished south elevation taken from the park
The Parkfields housing estate built on the Hall site late 1960s/early 1970s. The main entrance to the hall is still in existence today and is in the far left of the picture.	Mrs Rene Manson at the main entrance to the Hall in the summer of 1967, note the Coat of Arms still in place over the door.
Croft Coat of Arms. When Stillington Hall was demolished the Coat of Arms was rescued by Jim and Lil Cussans and set into the wall of 1 Mossy Terrace, Main Street. Repainted in 2009.	Croft Coat of Arms. A wider view of the Arms, revealing the Croft family motto: 'Esse quam videri', which translates as 'To be rather than seem to be'