In winter and summer it's a great place to incorporate history, and it's a flashback to the past, highlighting all the heritage and people who have called all these places homes.
However, some country homes have long been destroyed – in foundations, outhouses alone, or completely replaced by new developments.
We are delving into the heritage of four North Yorkshire country homes that have been lost over time.
Here are four:
Rounton Grunge
Near Northerrton, the Rounton Grange was a magnificent Victorian-style country home owned by Middlesbrough man Isaac Lowsian Bell.
This property was purchased by Isaac in 1870 and used money that Isaac made through iron and iron business to build a mansion.
When Bell died in 1904, further work was carried out by Webb's Protégé George Jack.
However, this line of wealth eventually disappeared, and his family could no longer afford to run the country home, and abandoned it.
But the story doesn't end there. During World War I, the Rounton Grange was used as an Italian prisoner of war camp.
After that, buyers were sought for the real estate, and it was offered to trusts nationwide, but no buyers were found – therefore returned to Kura Rub in 1954.
The gathered castle
Heading towards Scotch Corner, you may notice a service station with a hotel, gas station and shop, but once upon a time there is a castle where you've gathered.
The first resident, built in 1830, was Henry De Berg Lawson. Navy architect and inventor of Iron Ship Improvement.
In 1900, the rally was bought by William Berningham, the daughter of the iron tycoon. When she died in 1915, the Great House was abandoned standing in the sky.
In 1963 the land was purchased to make a path for the construction of the A1.
Thirkleby Park
Thirkleby has been owned by the Franklands for over 300 years. He developed it and made some additions.
This began with William Frankland, who began the enclosure of the great Thirkleby in 1668, and his son, Ir Thomas, created the park and garden between 1699 and 1720. When Sir Thomas inherited in 1784, both the house and the designed landscape were abolished. He destroys the old hall and asks architect James Wyatt to build a new hall with associated buildings.
In the decades that followed, Robert Frankland Russell and his daughter-in-law expanded the hall, and expanded even further.
Their grandson, Ralph Payne Girlway, was the last family living in Thirkleby.
However, although the hall was demolished in 1927, the shells of Wyatt's stables, lodges and walled kitchen gardens remain, along with many of the landscaping, including lakes and plantations.
Stanwyck Hall
Stanwyck Hall was based near Richmond, but the North Yorkshire estate was the property of the Duke of Northumberland.
Given that they own five country homes, they couldn't afford to buy all of them in the end.
After reviewing all five estates, they maintained Alnwick Base in London, Kilder Castle in Northumberland and Albury Park in Surrey. In 1921, Stanwyck was launched for sale.
Northallerton Timber Merchant Tim Place bought the Stanwick, but sold it again for demolition.
The hall has rare records, but it is understood that it had been demolished by 1932.
