Shandy Hall

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Shandy Hall
Shandy Hall, a high-gabled stone building with a garden
Shandy Hall from the main road
Shandy Hall is located in North Yorkshire
Shandy Hall
Location within North Yorkshire
Established 1968
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Type Historic house
Key holdings First editions of Laurence Sterne's works
Curator Patrick Wildgust

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For the homestead museum in Ohio, see Shandy Hall (Ohio).

Shandy Hall is a writer's house museum in the former home of the Rev. Laurence Sterne in Coxwold, North Yorkshire, England. Sterne lived there from 1760 to 1768 as perpetual curate of Coxwold. He is remembered for his novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy.

Architectural history

File:Plaque commemorating Laurence Sterne at Shandy Hall.JPG
Plaque commemorating Laurence Sterne at Shandy Hall

The extant buildings result from three major phases of building: a medieval long hall built for the local priest around 1430; this was extended in the 17th century and then significantly altered by Sterne with the income from his novels.[1][2] A stone tablet above its doorway states that Sterne wrote Tristram Shandy and A Sentimental Journey at Shandy Hall. This is not entirely accurate, for two volumes of Tristram Shandy had already been published in 1759 before Sterne moved to Coxwold.

The house is a Grade I listed building. It was extended and altered internally for Sterne and subject to restoration in 1960. The Hall is now administered by the Laurence Sterne Trust, a registered charity,[3] and is open to the public.[4] Shandy Hall featured in the 2006 film A Cock and Bull Story, which was based on Sterne's book Tristram Shandy.[5]

Gallery

  • West entrance of Shandy Hall.jpg

    West entrance of Shandy Hall

  • The parlour at Shandy Hall.jpg

    The Parlour

  • Plaque commemorating Laurence Sterne at Shandy Hall.JPG

    Plaque commemorating Laurence Sterne

  • Medieval wall painting at Shandy Hall.JPG

    Medieval wall paintings behind later wood panelling in Shandy Hall's parlour

  • The formal gardens at Shandy Hall.JPG

    The formal gardens behind the hall

  • Sterne's study

  • Ay oop - Detail from page 76 of Tristram Shandy by Martin Rowson CCWSH-1200P76.jpg

    Shandy Hall appearing in a detail Martin Rowson's graphic novel of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

References

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  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ The Laurence Sterne Trust, Registered Charity no. 529593 at the Charity Commission
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ http://www.laurencesternetrust.org.uk/shandy-hall-history.php

External links


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