Qualla: Hovingham Hall https://qualla.com/hovingham-hall en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:24 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/x/k/hovingham-hall-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Hovingham Hall https://qualla.com/hovingham-hall Hovingham Hall: Introduction https://qualla.com/hovingham-hall/ Photo credit Pauline E, CC BY-SA 2.0. Most country houses put the stables out behind, decently hidden. Thomas Worsley put his stables out front and made them the door. The visitor at Hovingham walks straight into the indoor riding school - vaulted, high-ceilinged, smelling faintly of horse even now - and only then into the house behind it. The reason was simple: this was where Thomas Worsley taught George III to ride, and the king's riding master built his country seat around the room where the lessons happened. Two and a half centuries later, the Worsleys still live here. The riding school is now used for chamber music.

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/x/k/hovingham-hall-wp/gcxk-hovingham-hall-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Hovingham Hall: The Architect Was the Owner https://qualla.com/hovingham-hall/ Photo credit Matthew Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0. The Worsleys bought the manor of Hovingham in 1563. The Palladian house you see now was built between 1750 and 1774 by Thomas Worsley VI, who designed it himself - and he was no amateur. He held the office of Surveyor-General to the Board of Works under George III, which made him...

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/x/k/hovingham-hall-wp/gcxk-hovingham-hall-the-architect-was-the-owner.mp3 0:06 2 full Hovingham Hall: The King's Riding Master https://qualla.com/hovingham-hall/ Photo credit User:Klaus with K, CC BY-SA 3.0. Thomas Worsley was George III's friend before he was his courtier. He had taught the future king to ride in his youth, and one of his accommodations as designer of Hovingham was to provide an indoor school suitable for royal use should the king visit. George III never actually ca...

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/x/k/hovingham-hall-wp/gcxk-hovingham-hall-the-kings-riding-master.mp3 0:06 3 full Hovingham Hall: A Cricket Pitch and a Future Duchess https://qualla.com/hovingham-hall/ Photo credit Cyberdemon007 at en.wikipedia, Public domain. Stretched out in front of the hall is a cricket pitch said to be possibly the oldest private cricket ground in England. Colonel Sir William Worsley, the 4th Baronet, captained Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1928 and 1929. He went on to serve as Lord Lieutenant of the North Ridi...

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/x/k/hovingham-hall-wp/gcxk-hovingham-hall-a-cricket-pitch-and-a-future-duchess.mp3 0:06 4 full Hovingham Hall: Music in the Stable https://qualla.com/hovingham-hall/ Photo credit Paul Harrop, CC BY-SA 2.0. The Hovingham Festival began in 1887 when the family started inviting professional musicians to perform in the great indoor space they had inherited. Thirteen festivals were held in the original run, ending in 1906. The festival was revived in the 1950s after a 45-year break, and...

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