Welcome to Rokeby
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Rokeby
Rokeby Park, described by Giles Worsley in 1987 as “one of the purest examples of the neo-Palladian villa”, was designed by its owner and talented amateur architect Sir Thomas Robinson (1702-1777). Constructed between 1725-1730, with maximum emphasis given to the central domestic block, it was approached through the courtyard to the north. The courtyard is bounded by the offices and stables positioned en echelon to the central cube.
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History
Rokeby was built by Sir Thomas Robinson between 1725 and 1730. But the history of the site goes back many centuries earlier. Nearby Greta Bridge was a Roman Encampment. By the reign of Edward II the land belonged to the Rokeby family; their early medieval home was burned by the Scots in a raid following Bannockburn. A house was later built on the same site which passed from the Rokebys to the Robinsons in James I’s reign.
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Riverside
Rokeby has never had a formal or man-made garden. Instead it is blessed with a natural context of unrivalled beauty provided by the courses of the Greta and the Tees. The Tees runs from west to east half a mile to the north; the Greta from south to north a few hundred yards to the east. They converge at the Meeting of the Waters, a local beauty spot accessed along Mortham Lane.
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Rokeby
Rokeby Park, described by Giles Worsley in 1987 as “one of the purest examples of the neo-Palladian villa”, was designed by its owner and talented amateur architect Sir Thomas Robinson (1702-1777). Constructed between 1725-1730, with maximum emphasis given to the central domestic block, it was approached through the courtyard to the north. The courtyard is bounded by the offices and stables positioned en echelon to the central cube.
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History
Rokeby was built by Sir Thomas Robinson between 1725 and 1730. But the history of the site goes back many centuries earlier. Nearby Greta Bridge was a Roman Encampment. By the reign of Edward II the land belonged to the Rokeby family; their early medieval home was burned by the Scots in a raid following Bannockburn. A house was later built on the same site which passed from the Rokebys to the Robinsons in James I’s reign.
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Riverside
Rokeby has never had a formal or man-made garden. Instead it is blessed with a natural context of unrivalled beauty provided by the courses of the Greta and the Tees. The Tees runs from west to east half a mile to the north; the Greta from south to north a few hundred yards to the east. They converge at the Meeting of the Waters, a local beauty spot accessed along Mortham Lane.
