Rushpool Hall

A house of 1863, built for an ironmaster and designed by one of the great architects of the age.

Stockbridge acquired Rushpool Hall in 2020 and holds it within The Gilchrist Collection, on the North Yorkshire coast.

Provenance

Rushpool Hall was built between 1863 and 1864 for the ironmaster John Bell, using ironstone from his own Skelton mines. Its architect was Sir George Gilbert Scott, the leading figure of the Gothic Revival, whose work includes the Albert Memorial, the St Pancras Hotel and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

After Bell, Sir Arthur Dorman lived here, of the firm that built the Tyne Bridge and Sydney Harbour Bridge. In 1906 Sir Joseph Walton, coal owner and Member of Parliament, bought and renovated the house following a fire. His guests included Winston Churchill, Sir Herbert Samuel and the explorer Gertrude Bell.

The Grounds

Manicured grounds run to the North Yorkshire coast. A stone gazebo beneath a domed ceiling, a temple walk leading to stone temples, and a lake sit within reach of both coast and countryside.

Within

The Ballroom, beneath high ceilings and natural light, and the more intimate Peacock Room form the principal interiors. The house holds nineteen bedrooms.

Stockbridge holds Rushpool Hall for the long term, a house of genuine architectural consequence maintained and stewarded rather than realised.