GARDEN OPEN FOR ST TERESA’S HOSPICE 24th – 27th June 2021 The Manor House Garden at Skeeby near Richmond will be open for visitors from Thursday 24th June to Sunday 27th June. Following recent guidelines, we think it best to allow visitors to come in small numbers. Entry is by donation to St Teresa’s Hospice. We invite garden lovers to arrange an appointment time and date so we can ensure that we comply with government rules. Hand washing facilities and hand sanitisers will be available to ensure safety. Normal risks apply to the garden as there are steps, slopes and uneven ground, wheelchair access is limited. There will be guidance notices in the Garden, and we will be on-hand to greet visitors and answer questions. Tea, coffee and cakes will be available for donations. Plant stall. Opening times: 10am until 5pm. Ian & Val Hepworth The Manor House 43 Richmond Road Skeeby Richmond DL10 5DX Tel for appointments 01748 822617

Parking in village car park or at front of house.

HISTORY OF MANOR HOUSE, SKEEBY

An early 17th Century farmhouse on the site of a medieval house reputedly linked by an underground passage to Easby Abbey. Folklore also suggests that stone for the Abbey was quarried here. The house is listed grade II*. The quarry was laid out as a garden by Miss Evelyn Ada Pease (1876-1950) from 1939, and later by her niece Dr Mary Ethelwyn Pease (1892-1981) and the current owners. Miss Evelyn Ada Pease OBE, JP, was the youngest daughter of the MP Arthur Pease and granddaughter of Joseph Pease one of the originators of the first railway. She was an amateur water- colour landscape painter and exhibited at the Alpine Club Gallery and frequently at the Darlington Society of Arts of which she later became Vice-Chairman. Two of her paintings are held in the Darlington Art Collection. Her brother, Claude Edward Pease (1874-1952), was also an amateur water-colour landscape painter. During the 1st World War Miss Evelyn was commandant of the Richmond Auxillary Hospital. Her eldest brother, Arthur Francis Pease JP (1866-1927) was Director of the N E Railway, Chairman of Pease & Partners Ltd and created 1st baronet in 1920. Dr Mary Ethelwyn Pease was his 2nd child. She was in general practice in Biggin Hill, Kent and came to live at Manor House, Skeeby in 1956 when she retired from medicine. The Pease family were notable , bankers and founders of the railways.

Description of the Garden 1 ½ acres sheltered by walls and hedges. Courtyard, herbaceous and mixed borders, soft fruit, quarry garden – ‘The Dell’ – with pond, shrubs, bulbs and perennials - leading to ‘The Glade’ with some newly planted trees and shrubs and ‘The Valley’, which was originally the sunken track for the leading out of the stone. Terraced shrub rose garden, ornamental trees, conservatory/greenhouse.