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Sledmere House
Sledmere House est une maison de campagne géorgienne classée Grade I, contenant des meubles Chippendale, Sheraton et français et de nombreuses tableaux, située dans un parc conçu par Capability Brown. Il est situé dans le village de Sledmere, entre Driffield et Malton, dans le Yorkshire de l'Est, en Angleterre. La maison actuelle a été commencée en 1751, agrandie dans les années 1790 et reconstruite après un incendie en 1911. C'était autrefois la maison du colonel Sir Mark Sykes 6e baronnet, voyageur anglais réputé et conseiller diplomatique, et c'est maintenant la maison de Sir Tatton Sykes, 8e baronnet. La maison est construite en pierre de taille du Nottinghamshire sur trois étages selon un plan en forme de H .
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Sledmere House
Sledmere House is a Grade I listed Georgian country house, containing Chippendale, Sheraton and French furnishings and many fine pictures, set within a park designed by Capability Brown. It is the ancestral home of the Sykes family and is located in the village of Sledmere, between Driffield and Malton, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The present house was begun in 1751, extended in the 1790s, and rebuilt after a fire in 1911. It was once the home of Colonel Sir Mark Sykes, 6th Baronet, noted English traveller and diplomatic advisor, and is now the home of Sir Tatton Sykes, 8th Baronet.
The house is built in Nottinghamshire ashlar on three storeys to an H-shaped plan.
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Wagoners' Memorial
The Wagoners' Memorial is a war memorial in Sledmere, in the East Riding of Yorkshire in England. The unusual squat columnar memorial was designed by Sir Mark Sykes, 6th Baronet and built in 1919–20. It became a Grade II listed building in 1966, upgraded to Grade I in February 2016. The memorial stands near the Eleanor Cross, Sledmere, a copy of the Eleanor Cross from Hardingstone, which was built as a village cross in the 1890s and converted by Sykes into a war memorial for the men from his estate.
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Eleanor Cross, Sledmere
A replica Eleanor Cross was erected in Sledmere, East Riding of Yorkshire, in 1896–98. The tall stone structure was constructed by the Sykes family of Sledmere. Engraved monumental brasses were added after the First World War, converting the cross into a war memorial.
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Sledmere
Sledmere is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, about 7 miles (11 km) north-west of Driffield on the B1253 road.
The village lies in a civil parish which is also officially called "Sledmere" by the Office for National Statistics, although the county council and parish council refer to it as Sledmere and Croome, as the parish also includes the nearby hamlet of Croome. According to the 2011 UK census, the parish had a population of 377, an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 197; the parish covers an area of 2,849 hectares (7,040 acres).
The name Sledmere derives from the Old English slædmere meaning 'valley mere'.
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Croome, East Riding of Yorkshire
Croome is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Driffield. It lies just to the north of the B1253 road at Sledmere.
It forms part of the civil parish of Sledmere.