Carlton Towers

This article is about the country house in Yorkshire. For the hotel in London (formerly The Carlton Tower), see The Carlton Tower Jumeirah.
Carlton Towers
Map
Former namesCarlton Hall
General information
TypeCountry house
Architectural styleGothic Revival
LocationCarlton, Selby
CountryEngland
Completed1614
Renovated1770s and 1870s
OwnerLord Gerald Fitzalan-Howard
Lady Gerald Fitzalan-Howard
Technical details
Floor count6
Design and construction
Architect(s)Thomas Atkinson (1770s)
Edward Welby Pugin (1870s)
Website
carltontowers.co.uk
References
[1]
Edward Fitzalan-Howard, Earl of Arundel and Surrey (the future 18th Duke of Norfolk and 13th Baron Beaumont) in 1981, aged 25, at Carlton Towers
Miles Francis Stapleton Fitzalan-Howard 17th Duke of Norfolk, 12th Baron Beaumont (1915–2002)[2] (father of the 18th Duke), in 1985 seated in the Venetian drawing room at Carlton Towers, before a Victorian heraldic chimneypiece showing the arms of the Beaumont, Stapleton and Errington families, with quarterings and impalements. In 1971 he inherited Carlton Towers and the title Baron Beaumont on the death of his mother Mona Stapleton, 11th Baroness Beaumont, whose paternal ancestor had changed his surname from Errington on inheriting the estate from his uncle Miles Stapleton, 1st Baronet (1626–1707) of Carlton, a descendant by a distant female line of John Beaumont, 1st Viscount Beaumont, 6th Baron Beaumont (d.1460)

Carlton Towers in the civil parish of Carlton, 5 miles (8 km) south-east of Selby,[3] North Yorkshire, England, is a Grade I listed[4] country house, in the Gothic Revival style, and is surrounded by a 250-acre park.

The house was re-built to its present form in 1873–1875 by Henry Stapleton, 9th Baron Beaumont (1848–1892), whose father Miles Stapleton, 8th Baron Beaumont (1805–1854) had in 1840 inherited the title Baron Beaumont, in abeyance since 1507. His architect was Edward Welby Pugin, who "encased and incorporated"[5] the earlier manor house dating from 1614 into a larger structure. He sold much of the estate to finance the building work. The 9th Baron died of pneumonia, without issue, and it passed to his younger brother the 10th Baron. The house is now the property of the 10th Baron's great-grandson Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk, 13th Baron Beaumont (born 1956) of Arundel Castle in Sussex, who has allowed it to become the home of his younger brother, Lord Gerald Fitzalan-Howard (born 1962). The main parts of the house are available for hire for wedding receptions and other events.

  1. ^ "Carlton Towers website".
  2. ^ He assumed the additional forename of Stapleton in 1975, by deed poll (Debretts Peerage, 2015, p.923)
  3. ^ Coordinates 53.706589°N 1.017471°W
  4. ^ Listed 17 November 1966 Ref:1295955 [1]
  5. ^ Listed building text