In winter or summer, they can be the perfect places to take in history and a flashback to the past, highlighting all of the heritage and the people who once called these places home. However, some country homes have long since been demolished - with just the foundations, an outhouse, or been replaced completely with a new development. We delve into the heritage of four country homes in North Yorkshire that have been lost over time.
Here are the four: Rounton Grange Situated near Northallerton, Rounton Grange was a grand Victorian-style country home that was owned by a man from Middlesbrough, Sir Isaac Lowthian Bell. The estate was bought by Sir Isaac in 1870, with the mansion built using money that Sir Isaac had made through his iron and steel-making businesses. When Bell died in 1904 further work was carried out by Webb’s protégé George Jack.
However, this line of wealth eventually ran out and his family couldn't afford to run the country home any longer and abandoned it. The story doesn't end there, though. During the First World War, Rounton Grange was used as an Italian prisoner-of-war camp.
After that, a buyer was sought for the property, with it being offered to the National Trust, but no buyer was found - so it was reduced to rubble in 1954. Gatherley Castle If you drive towards Scotch Corner, you may notice the service station with its hotel, petrol station and shops - but once upon a time, it housed Gatherley Castle. Once built in 1830, its first resident was H.
