SCORBOROUGH HALL

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Medieval moated site occupied by an early/mid 18th century house. This house stands on the site of an earlier manor house which was fortified during the Civil War but later demolished. The present house was extended in the late 18th century and is brick-built with slate and pantile roofs. There is also a late 18th century brick bridge over the moat.

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(TA 01694516) Moat (NR) (1)

Scorborough was formerly the seat of the family of Hotham. Their mansion house was fortified during the civil wars but was
subsequently ravaged then destroyed by fire. Some of the remains of its moat are still visible near the modern house called
Scorborough Hall. (2)

Published survey (OS 25" 1908) of the moat revised. It is now dry and overgrown, but is mainly intact and well preserved, apart from the north west angle which has been obliterated by the present house. There are no remains of the original hall and the enclosed area is now covered by ornamental gardens and orchard. (3)

As described except the SW moat is waterlogged.
Published survey (25") revised. (4)

West of the cemetery (TA 04 NW6) and south of the Scorborough Hall moat, are Medieval earthworks including a fish-pond. (5)

The area (centred TA 01804505) is covered by amorphous grass-covered slopes generally as planned by Stead (5) and possibly Medieval in origin. His fish-pond is too ill-defined for positive identification as such. The channel to the SW is the remains of an old drain from the moat. Surveyed at 1:2500. (6)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 6" 1956

( 2) General reference

Hist of York and the E Riding 2 1856 528 (J J Sheahan & T Whellan

( 3) Field Investigators Comments

F1 RWE 26-OCT-62

( 4) Field Investigators Comments

F2 ISS 02-MAY-74

( 5) East Riding archaeologist : the journal of the East Riding Archaeological Society

ER Arch 2 1975 3 plan (I M Stead) 2 Page(s)3

( 6) Field Investigators Comments

F3 ISS 01-JUN-76

(7) Scheduled Monument Notification

English Heritage Schedule Entry 02/04/1997

(8) List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest

List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest The East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley 1987

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