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 attributed to the influential Yorkshire born architect Lord Burlington, (Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington 1693-1753), surrounded by splendid gardens, it fell victim to neglect and was demolished in the late 1960s.

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Postcard by Rowley.c1900. the picture is taken from the park, looking at the south elevation of the Hall. Note the Ha-Ha wall in foreground.	c1920 The stable yard This was situated at the eastern end of what is now known as South Back Lane.The buildings have now been converted into houses.
c1920 South Elevation. Looking east, along the grand sweep of drive with Spencer Corbett, the Hall's Head Gardener, in the 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 elegance of the stairs and the craftsmanship displayed in the ceiling above were often noted by visitors to the Hall.	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.
Summer of 1967. Mrs Rene Manson at the main entrance to the Hall. 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'	Aerial View from 1970s. Partly built Parkfields Estate from the air. Two phases of building had already taken place and a third would follow, on the land to the right in the photograph.
Billiard Room.