366 CASTLE-HOWARD. 



wrongfully.) In consequence of which marriage, 

 Hinderskelt passed into the noble family of the 

 Howards, in which it has since continued. This 

 delightful place is now called Castle. Howard, a 

 name given it by Charles, the third earl of Carlisle, 

 of the family of the Howards, who erected the pre- 

 sent superb mansion. 



Castle-Howard is situated in the parish and wa- 

 pentake of Bulmer, 7 miles \. s. w. of Malton, 13 

 from Kirkby-Moorside, and 15 from York, on a 

 "beautiful and commanding eminence, in view of the 

 York road. The edifice was built between the 

 years 1712 and 1731, from a design of Sir John 

 Van burgh ; it is built in the same stile as Blen- 

 heim house in Oxfordshire, on the site of the old 

 castle Hinderskelf, which was destroyed by acciden- 

 tal fire. This house has an imposing and noble ap- 

 pearance, and whatever defects criticism may dis- 

 cover in the architecture of it, it is one of the most 

 princely mansions in this country, and worthy of the 

 august and dignified personages who inhabit it. 

 Its interior is inexpressibly superb, and affords 

 high gratification to the admirers of the fine arts ; 

 and the liberality of the noble proprietor entitles 

 him to the highest praises and most grateful feelings 

 of the public, for allowing them to partake of the 

 pleasures arising from such a repository of taste and 

 refinement. 



To view this miscellany of beauties, to gaze up- 

 on this collection of excellencies, a man of taste 

 may in a few hours improve his mind and expand 



his views more than he could do in months, by rea- 



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