Civil Society- Burton Agnes Norman Manor House

On the 30th June (amidst a heat wave!) the civil society were treated to a visit to the norman manor house at Burton Agnes facilitated by local expert Richard Myerscough

Thank you to Richard for this wonderful day out to a special part of East Riding's heritage!

Richard has kindly provided us with a summary of this insightful visit:

The group met at Burton Agnes Norman Manor House and were given a welcome and  introduction by Richard Myerscough from Ryedale Vernacular Building Materials Research Group. The group is engaged in surveying the building stones for local English Heritage sites.

The Manor House is built in part from a calcareous sandstone and chalk encased in an external hand-made brick veneer. The evidence suggests that this stone was robbed out from the nearby Harpham Roman Villa to build not only the Manor House and local churches. The  interior is built of blocks of very hard chalk again from the villa and originally from presumed quarries at Flamborough Head from where chalk for mosaics, and the mineral calcite for pottery was also quarried.

A selection of more images from the day: