Kiplin Hall
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Kiplin Hall is a Jacobean
historic house at Kiplin
in North Yorkshire
, England
, that is now a Grade I listed building. It stands by the River Swale
in the Vale of Mowbray. The nearest villages are Scorton, Great Langton
and Bolton-on-Swale
. Much of the local landscape has been extensively quarried for sand and gravel extraction.
The house was built in the 1620s for George Calvert, Secretary of state to James I
, who later became first Lord Baltimore and founder of Maryland, USA.
A permanent exhibition charts the founding of Maryland by George Calvert and the lives of the families that have lived in Kiplin Hall through the centuries.
Jacobean architecture
The Jacobean style is the second phase of Renaissance architecture in England, following the Elizabethan style. It is named after King James I of England, with whose reign it is associated.-Characteristics:...
historic house at Kiplin
Kiplin
Kiplin is the small hamlet that accompanies Kiplin Hall to form the civil parish of Kiplin in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore and founder of the US state of Maryland, was born there....
in North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county primarily in that region but partly in North East England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 it covers an area of , making it the largest...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, that is now a Grade I listed building. It stands by the River Swale
River Swale
The River Swale is a river in Yorkshire, England and a major tributary of the River Ure, which itself becomes the River Ouse, emptying into the North Sea via the Humber Estuary....
in the Vale of Mowbray. The nearest villages are Scorton, Great Langton
Great Langton
Great Langton is a small village and civil parish in the district of Hambleton, North Yorkshire, England. The village lies on the B6271 road, between Scorton and Northallerton, on the northern bank of the River Swale and it was once known as Langton-upon-Swale....
and Bolton-on-Swale
Bolton-on-Swale
Bolton-on-Swale is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. The local MP is William Hague.As the name suggests it is near the River Swale. Bolton Beck is a tributary of the Swale which passes underneath a small bridge at the north of the village. The...
. Much of the local landscape has been extensively quarried for sand and gravel extraction.
The house was built in the 1620s for George Calvert, Secretary of state to James I
James I of England
James VI and I was King of Scots as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the English and Scottish crowns on 24 March 1603...
, who later became first Lord Baltimore and founder of Maryland, USA.
A permanent exhibition charts the founding of Maryland by George Calvert and the lives of the families that have lived in Kiplin Hall through the centuries.
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