Swinton Estate

Swinton Estate
LocationNorth Yorkshire
Coordinates54°12′47.2″N 1°40′43.0″W / 54.213111°N 1.678611°W / 54.213111; -1.678611
OS grid referenceSE 21290 79847
Area20,000 acres (8,100 ha)
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameRegister of Historic Parks and Gardens
TypeGrade II*
Designated1984
Swinton Estate is located in North Yorkshire
Swinton Estate
Location of Swinton Estate in North Yorkshire

The Swinton Estate is a large privately owned estate in North Yorkshire, England. It comprises some 20,000 acres (8,100 ha) of countryside in the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, extending 10 miles (16 km) west from the River Ure near Masham.[1] The estate includes Swinton Park, the seat of the Danby family and (from 1882) of the Cunliffe-Lister family (the Earls of Swinton), an English country house in Swinton near Masham. It is set in 200 acres (81 ha) of parkland, lakes and gardens. The house is a Grade II* listed building,[2] and now operates as the 42-bedroom Swinton Park Hotel.

Swinton Estate

The Cunliffe-Lister family still own the house but the seat of the Earl of Swinton is now at Dykes Hill House, also located near Masham.[3]

Beyond the parkland surrounding the house, the estate comprises farmland and large areas of grouse moor in and around the valley of the River Burn.

  1. ^ "About Swinton Estate". Swinton Estate. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  2. ^ Historic England. "Swinton Castle (1167546)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  3. ^ Contact details for Baroness Masham of Ilton. "MPs and Lords. Baroness Masham of Ilton". UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 March 2021.