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Swarcliffe Hall

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The original Swarcliffe Hall was built on the site c1800 by the Blessard family, however the current hall which was built by the Greenwood family was completed in 1850.
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was employed as a governess at the hall in 1839 and it is said her time spent there helped inspire her novel
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visited the hall in 1888 and again during the following year whilst opening the New Bath Hospital in nearby
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Swarcliffe Hall was advertised for private sale in 1973, described as a
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Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale
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Harrogate
England
Coordinates
54°01′48″N 1°38′34″W / 54.03006°N 1.64273°W / 54.03006; -1.64273
Birstwith
Harrogate
England
John Greenwood
Major Rohde Hawkins
Grade II listed building
Charlotte Brontë
Jane Eyre
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale
Harrogate
freehold
Listed buildings in Birstwith
Historic England
"SWARCLIFFE HALL NOW GROSVENOR HOUSE SCHOOL, Birstwith (1150558)"
National Heritage List for England
"Swarcliffe Hall - Oxford Reference"
"About BGS: Private School UK - Belmont Grosvenor School"
"London And Suburban"
"About BGS: Private School UK – Belmont Grosvenor School | History of Swarcliffe Hall"
Categories
Houses completed in 1850
Country houses in North Yorkshire
Grade II listed buildings in North Yorkshire

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