Aerial view of Normanby Hall taken from the east c.1960's.

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Ref No:s00692
Date of Image:Circa 1960's
Date Period:1960's
Title:Aerial view of Normanby Hall taken from the east c.1960's.
Description:The present hall was commissioned by Sir Robert Sheffield and designed by Sir Robert Smirke. Building preparations commenced with the demolition of the old hall in 1825. Building of the new hall was completed in 1830 at a cost of 29.161, including a fee f 750 to Smirke. Smirke was regarded as an important Late Regency architect. His best-known building is the British Museum but he was also responsible for designing 14 churches, 24 public buildings and 35 other large houses. Between 1905 and 1907, Sir Berkeley Sheffield, 6th Baronet employed York architect Walter Brieley to extend Normanby Hall. Brierley added a new east wing containing a Ballroom, now the Regency Dining Room, and an immense domestic service wing with courtyard. In 1949 the service wing was demolished and the buildings appearance became as we know it today.