- Scampston Hall
Scampston Hall is a
country house inNorth Yorkshire ,England , with a serpentine park designed byCharles Bridgeman andCapability Brown . It is located on the north side of the A64 Leeds/Scarborough road, 4 miles (6 km) east of Malton, inScampston village, whose name was variously written in ancient documents, Scamestun, Skameston, Skameston, and Skampston, and which was probably been derived from a personal name.The hall has been in the same family since the 1690s when the estate was bought by
Sir William St Quintin, 3rd Baronet , who wasReceiver General forIreland andMember of Parliament for Hull. The baronetcy expired on the death of another Sir William, without issue in1795 . He was succeeded by his nephew,William Thomas Darby Esq., the son of Vice-Admiral George Darby, who assumed the surname and arms of St Quintin, and was the grandfather ofWilliam Herbert St Quintin . The Hall was extensively remodelled in1801 by the architectThomas Leverton , in the Regency style, and with fine Regency interiors. Scampston later passed to the Legard family (seeLegard Baronets ).The serpentine park of about 1.7 square kilometres was laid out first by Charles Bridgeman and later by Lancelot "Capability" Brown in
1772 . It includes an unusual ionic "Bridge Building," concealing the end of a sheet of water and closing the view.The park contained a large deer herd until
World War II . Arthur F. Moody's "Water-Fowl and Game-Birds in Captivity; Some Notes on Habits & Management" (H. F. & G. Witherby, 326 High Holborn, London, W. C.) relates in detail the experience of the bird-keeper for Scampston's grounds in the years ofWilliam Herbert St Quintin .Scampston's refurbished Walled Garden, designed by
Piet Oudolf , opened in2004 .External links
* [http://www.gardenvisit.com/g/scam.htm Scampston Hall Garden - information on garden history]
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