This is the first in an occasional series of sites that will not be included in any Independent Traveller’s Guide. It’s in the same basic layout (but slightly more expanded here) as listings are in the guides. Designed by the architect John Carr of York (who designed The Crescent in Buxton) and built in 1756 for Elizabeth Parkin (1703 – 1766) who was the lady of the Manor at Ravenfield Hall.… Read the rest