Thursday 15 May 2014

Cholmley House, Whitby.

A view of Whitby Hall/Cholmley House from Whitby Abbey (and of The Abbey from Cholmley House).
The banqueting hall was built for Sir Hugh Chomeley using materials 'borrowed' from the Abbey following its dissolution (by order of King Henry VIII) in 1539.
The bronze statue in the centre of the courtyard is of the Borghese Gladiator and is a replica of the original (which itself was a replica of a sculpture from c100 BC) which stood on that spot.

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