Sledmere House
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Sledmere House is a Grade I listed Georgian country house, containing Chippendale, Sheraton and French furnishings and many fine pictures, set within a park designed by Capability Brown. It is the anc
Sledmere House, looking northwards
Deer House, Sledmere Park
Sir Christopher Sykes, 2nd Baronet was an English Tory politician and a Member of Parliament for Beverley from 1784 to 1790.
Sledmere House
…the Wolds about his new home. He left no male heir however and on his death the estate passed to his brother Mark Sykes (1711–1783). Sir Mark's son, Sir Christopher Sykes, 2nd Baronet (1749–1801), MP for Beverley, greatly expanded the estate. He and his wife bought and enclosed huge areas of land for cultivation, built two new wings…
Sir Christopher and Lady Sykes by George Romney