The Ridding
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The Ridding is a Victorian country house located in the village of Bentham, North Yorkshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[1]
It was built in Scottish Baronial style for B. H. Bent by E. G. Paley in 1857–60, the only building designed in this style by Paley.[2] It is built of squared rubble with sandstone ashlar dressings and a slate roof. The frontage has three bays in two storeys and incorporates a short two-stage tower at the left.[1]
History[]
The house was built in 1857–60 for Baldwin Harry Bent. It was later owned by Joseph Teale, a medical doctor, whose only daughter Alice Catherine married Robert Garnett in 1880, who was a Justice of the Peace for Lancashire and the North Riding. Alice died in 1900 and Robert remarried. He died in 1921 leaving a son Richard Everard Garnett.[3]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b Historic England, "The Ridding, Bentham (1157454)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 February 2013
- ^ Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin, Swindon: English Heritage, pp. 71, 218, ISBN 978-1-84802-049-8
- ^ Fox-Davies, Arthur (1970). Armorial families; a directory of some gentlemen of coat-armour, showing which arms in use at the moment are borne by legal authority. p. 93. ISBN 9780715347652.
- Houses completed in 1860
- Country houses in North Yorkshire
- E. G. Paley buildings
- Scottish baronial architecture
- Grade II listed buildings in North Yorkshire