Normanby Estate

The area of the Estate amounts to some 6,000 acres. The Estate was purchased by Lord Sheffield, an Admiral in the British Fleet in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Normanby was bought from Nicholas Girlington in 1591 and the house was re-built sometime in the 1590’s by the most famous architect of the time, Robert Smythson, who built Doddington Hall near Lincoln and Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire. The present house, Normanby Hall, was built by Sir Robert Sheffield in 1820 and further enlarged by Sir Berkeley Sheffield in the early 20th Century. The first house to be built by Robert Sheffield was designed by Robert Smirke who also built the British Museum and many other prominent, public and private buildings and the later wings were built in 1904 by Brierley of York who was also one of the most prominent architects of the day. A more detailed history of family can be obtained either from the Estate Office or from the Sutton Park Estate site www.statelyhome.co.uk.