# Rudby Hall

Rudby Hall, Hutton Rudby, Skutterskelfe, North Yorkshire is a 17,377 sq ft (1,614.4 m$^2$) country house dating from 1838. Its origins are older but the present building was built for the 10th Viscount Falkland and his wife by the architect Anthony Salvin. The house is Grade II* listed.

## History

Lucius Cary, Viscount Falkland inherited the Rudby estate from his aunt, Elizabeth Cary, Lady Amherst in 1830. At that time, the house was called Leven Grove. In the same year, Falkland married Lady Amelia FitzClarence, an illegitimate daughter of William IV and his long-time mistress Dorothea Jordan. On the King's death in 1837, Amelia, with her brothers and sisters, was among the main beneficiaries of her father's will. The Falklands had already commissioned Anthony Salvin to build a new house on the site of the older mansion. The total cost was £16,000. The Falkland family retained ownership of the estate until the end of the 19th century. By this time the house had been renamed Skutterskelfe Hall. It was used subsequently as a family home, a billet during World War II, and the headquarters of a chemicals company. Since the early 21st century it has reverted to use as a home and an events venue, and has seen a further change of name to Rudby Hall. Its first guest was reputedly the singer Liam Gallagher, who described it as a "top gaff [with] nice people". The Hall and its ancillary cottages were sold in 2020.

## Architecture and description

The architectural historian Jill Allibone considered the hall "a rather large, plain classical building", describing it as Salvin's first foray into the Italian villa style. The building is of two storeys and seven bays, and is constructed in sandstone ashlar. Pevsner notes the porch as a later addition. The hall is a Grade II* listed building. Its listing records the "lovingly restored high-quality Victorian decoration" of the interior.
Various subsidiary structures on the estate have their own Grade II listings; the pump house, the gate lodge, and walls, gate piers and a balustrade in the gardens.

## Footnotes

* ↑ The Historic England Listing refers to the building as Skutterskelfe Hall, The Butler's Pantry, Rosedene and Briardene, reflecting the name and the subdivision into offices and three houses which were extant at the time of the hall's listing.
* ↑ There are three categories of listed status for buildings in England and Wales: Grade I: buildings of exceptional interest. Grade II*: particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Grade II: buildings that are of special interest, warranting every effort to preserve them.

## Citations

* ↑ "North Yorkshire History: Stately Homes of Hutton Rudby". Northyorkshirehistory.com. 3 October 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
* ↑ Wright 1837, pp. 851–854.
* ↑ Brock, Michael (2004) "William IV (1765–1837)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29451. Retrieved 6 July 2007 (subscription required)
* 1 2 Allibone 1988, p. 158.
* ↑ Historic England. "Skutterskelfe Hall (Grade II*) (1150627)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
* ↑ "Heritage and Family". Rudby Hall. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
* ↑ "Stunning country pile that once hosted Liam Gallagher for bed and breakfast up for sale". Teesside News. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
* ↑ Sharon Dale (14 November 2019). "Rudby Hall for sale - a country house fit for a king's daughter". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
* ↑ "13 bedroom detached house for sale in Skutterskelfe, Yarm, TS15". Rightmove.co.uk. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
* ↑ Allibone 1988, p. 36.
* ↑ Historic England. "Skutterskelfe Hall (Grade II*) (1150627)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
* ↑ Pevsner 1966, p. 315.
* ↑ "Principles of Selection for Listing Buildings" (PDF). Department of Culture, Media and Sport. March 2010. Archived from the original (.pdf) on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
* ↑ "Living in a Grade I, Grade II* or Grade II Listed Building". Historic England. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
* ↑ Historic England. "Skutterskelfe Hall (Grade II*) (1150627)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
* ↑ Historic England. "Pump House to South-West of Skutterskelfe Hall (Grade II) (1150628)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
* ↑ Historic England. "North Lodge and gateway (Grade II) (1294276)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
* ↑ Historic England. "Terrace walls and balustrade, garden wall and gatepiers (Grade II) (1189400)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 January 2020.

## Sources

* Allibone, Jill (1988). Anthony Salvin: Pioneer of Gothic Revival Architecture. Cambridge: Lutterworth Press. ISBN 978-0-7188-2707-6. OCLC 1126398342.
* Pevsner, Nikolaus (1966). Yorkshire: The North Riding. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books. OCLC 1053637975.
* Wright, G.N. (1837). The Life and Reign of William the Fourth. London: Fisher, Son, & Co.