Ellerton Abbey House

Ellerton Abbey House is an historic building and estate in Ellerton Abbey, North Yorkshire, England. It was built around 1830 for the Fore Erle-Drax family, and has been designated a Grade II listed building by Historic England.[1] The property is located at the end of a long driveway off the northern side of the B6270 Richmond Road, about 450 feet (140 m) southwest of Ellerton Priory, now ruined.

Ellerton Abbey House
The house in 2006, when it was a hotel. Viewed from the southeast
LocationEllerton Abbey, North Yorkshire, England
Coordinates54.3708°N 1.88105°W / 54.3708; -1.88105
AreaRichmondshire
Builtcirca 1830
Architectural style(s)Regency style
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated7 December 1966
Reference no.1179255
Ellerton Abbey House is located in North Yorkshire
Ellerton Abbey House
Location of Ellerton Abbey House in North Yorkshire

As of 2021, the building is occupied by Ellerton Abbey Antiques and Mrs Pumphrey's Tearoom, the latter in reference to the character in the original version of the BBC television series All Creatures Great and Small who lived there with her spoiled Pekingese dog Tricki-Woo. Filming took place inside the house, which was named Barlby Grange in the series,[2] and in its grounds.[3]

Drax family

Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries the Priory became the property of a series of people until it was purchased in the 1690s by Col. Henry Drax, a wealthy slave owner and sugar planter, of Drax Hall in Barbados, who was looking for an English estate which would produce £10,000 per annum.[4] His heir was his nephew Thomas Shatterden, of Pope's Common, Hertfordshire, son of his sister, who in accordance with the bequest adopted the surname Drax in lieu of his patronymic. His eldest son and heir was Henry Drax (c.1693–1755), a Member of Parliament[5] and a favourite of the Prince of Wales, who married Elizabeth Ernle, heiress of Charborough House in Dorset, which today remains the residence of his descendant Richard Drax, MP.

John Samuel Wanley Swabridge Erle-Drax built the house for his wife, Jane Frances, around 1830.[6]

  • The rear of the estate from the hills to the north, near Marrick
    The rear of the estate from the hills to the north, near Marrick
  • The estate's gated entrance and driveway
    The estate's gated entrance and driveway
  • A view of the building from Ellerton Scar, near Stainton, to the east
    A view of the building from Ellerton Scar, near Stainton, to the east

See also

References
  1. Historic England, "Ellerton Abbey, Ellerton Abbey (1179255)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 8 June 2021
  2. "Which Yorkshire locations could be used to film the new series of All Creatures Great and Small?" – The Yorkshire Post, 1 July 2019
  3. Ellerton Abbey Antiques and Mrs Pumphrey's Tearoom – official website
  4. John Habakkuk, Marriage, Debt and the Estate System (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1994), p. 455.
  5. R.S. Lea, 'Drax, Henry (?1693–1755), of Ellerton Abbey, Yorks. and Charborough, nr. Wareham, Dorset', in R. Sedgwick (ed.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715–1754 (from Boydell and Brewer, 1970), History of Parliament online.
  6. "Ellerton abbey: How slave owners created one of the North's most romantic ruins" – The Northern Echo, 25 July 2020
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