Haxby Hall
Haxby Hall is an estate in York Road, village of Haxby, York, England. Built in 1790 on 22 acres of land.In 1950, the owner of the estate, Kenneth Ward, donated the pleasure grounds around the building to the village (which is now part of the City of York), to build the Ethel Ward Memorial Playing Field. The playing field now contains a children playground, ball playing courts, a scout center, and more. It is also the location of the village fairs and celebrations.
Haxby Hall itself (now with only 3 acres of land) was demolished in 1960, and in 1965 it was replaced by Haxby Hall Residential Home for the elderly (with accomodations for 52 elderly people), and an adjoining ambulance station.
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Haxby Hall was built around 1790 with extensive remodelling for JT Tuite in 1827.
It had 22 acres of park including double coach house, stables, a cottage and a fishpond (which was roughly were the children's play area is now) In the 1930's the playing fields were at the other side of York Road, a high wall ran along the outside of the park restricting the view of the grounds. Those lucky enough to live on York road could see over the wall from their upstairs windows. Between the wars it was owned by Kenneth Ward who moved out to a house near the Memorial Hall during the second world war to allow Haxby Hall to be used as a First Aid Centre. In 1950 Kenneth Ward sold the Hall but not before the building of Calf Close and donating the pleasure grounds to the village in memory of his wife, Ethel. This reduced the grounds to only 3 acres. The last owner converted it into flats and it was sold to North Riding Council in 1960 only to be found that it was riddled with woodworm and needed demolishing.
