SLEDMERE, East Riding

Eleanor Cross                                                     SE 928 646 

Sir Tatton Sykes had the cross erected in 1895 as a memorial to his wife, Jessica.

​It is a reproduction of the Eleanor Cross at HARDINGSTONE, Northamptonshire, which was one of twelve crosses erected to mark the resting places of the cortège of Queen Eleanor, between Harby, Lincoln, and London. Eleanor, the wife of Edward I who died in 1290.

See other Queen Eleanor crosses at:
​         GEDDINGTON, Northamptonshire
​         WALTHAM CROSS, Hertfordshire
     

See other reproduction medieval crosses at:
         ASHBY-DE-LA ZOUCH, Leicestershire
         HELMSLEY, North Yorkshire
         ILAM, Staffordshire
         OXFORD, Oxfordshire 
         

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Tuscan Rotunda

Sir Tatton, 4th baronet erected the Tuscan Rotunda in 1840 in memory of his father, Christopher, 2nd baronet.

The rotunda was the village well.

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Waggoners' Memorial                                       SE 928 646

The Waggoners' Memorial was designed by Sir Mark Sykes who also raised the corps of Yorkshire Wold Men who were among the first volunteers to serve overseas in 1914.

The scenes around the Portland stone columns were sculpted by Carlo Magnoni and A. Barr, the estate mason, built the plinth and columns.


Postcard posted:1924 

Sledmere House Orangery

The Orangery at Sledmere House was originally the front of an orangery that was at Fairford Park in Gloucestershire. It was attributed to Sir John Soane and built in about 1790.

After the mansion at Fairford was demolished in the 1957, the façade of the orangery was dismantled by the National Trust and re-erected at Sledmere in 2005.

Sledmere Stables and Carriage House        SE 930 647

The stable block and carriage house at Sledmere were built in 1757 and enlarged in 1777 for Sir Christopher Sykes 2nd Baronet. 

The Sledmere Stud was founded in 1801 by Sir Mark Masterman Sykes 3rd Baronet, and became Britain's most successful commercial stud.