Sneaton Castle
| Sneaton Castle | |
|---|---|
 The building in 2012 | |
.svg)  Location within North Yorkshire | |
General information | |
| Status | Converted to hotel use |
| Location | Castle Road, Whitby, North Yorkshire, England |
| Coordinates | 54°29′01″N 0°38′34″W / 54.4836°N 0.6427°W |
| Year built | c. 1830 (probable) |
| Website | |
| sneatoncastle | |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Sneaton Castle (St Hildas Priory) |
| Designated | 23 February 1954 |
| Reference no. | 1148250 |
Sneaton Castle is a historic building on Castle Road[a] in Whitby, a town in North Yorkshire, England.
James Wilson purchased Sneaton Manor in 1820, and rebuilt it as a castellated house.[3] In 1914, it was converted into the headquarters of the new Order of the Holy Paraclete, and a girls' boarding school.[4] The school closed in 1997, and the order thereafter used the space as a conference and retreat centre.[5] A new priory was built in the grounds in 2018, and the house was then converted into a hotel.[6][7][8] The building has been Grade II listed since 1954.[1]
The house is built of stone with flat roofs. The centre section has two storeys and five bays, and an embattled parapet stepped up in the centre over a coat of arms. In the centre is an enclosed embattled porch containing a doorway with a four-centred arch. The windows are sashes. The centre section is flanked by taller two-storey embattled towers containing sash windows and cross loops. The battlements are machicolated, and on the corners are embattled bartisans.[1][9]
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[edit]- 1 2 3 Historic England. "Sneaton Castle (St Hildas Priory) (Grade II) (1148250)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
- ↑ "USRN: 33700464 | Castle Road". FindMyStreet. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
- ↑ Fisher, D. R. (2009). The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820–1832. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521193146. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
- ↑ Anson, Peter Frederick (1964). The Call of the Cloister. SPCK.
- ↑ "The end of an era". Gazette & Herald. 9 June 2004. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
- ↑ "Archbishop of York lays foundation stone for new Priory at Whitby". Anglican Communion News Service. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
- ↑ Newton, Grace (11 January 2021). "How a Whitby farming family who lost their livelihood to foot and mouth disease bounced back with a glamping site and a castle". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
- ↑ "Sneaton Castle for sale for first time since 1915". Yorkshire Post. 19 September 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
- ↑ Grenville, Jane; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2023) [1966]. Yorkshire: The North Riding. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-25903-2.
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