Castle Howard Estate Ltd

Volunteer with us this Christmas🎄   We are looking for friendly and enthusiastic volunteers for our Christmas season at Castle Howard, a truly magical place to volunteer at over the festive period. We have a variety of roles available to suit a whole range of different interests. No experience necessary, and hours are flexible to fit you.   💛 Become part of a friendly and dedicated team 👋🏼 Meet new people from all walks of life and meet new friends 💬 Improve your communication skills 📓 Supportive training opportunities 🪞 Opportunities for exclusive access and tours of private collections 🎟️ Recognition through social events 🚗 Travel expenses reimbursed 🌳 Castle Howard pass, which allows free entry for you, plus one adult guest 🛍️ 20% off all Castle Howard outlets   See the roles available and register your interest on our website today https://lnkd.in/eKTqQ9Ks

We have been nominated for two awards at the Visit York Tourism Awards 2025! 🎉 We are thrilled to be nominated for Large Visitor Attraction of the Year and the Accessible and Inclusive Tourism Award. A big thank you to our amazing staff, volunteers and Members for all of their fantastic work and support. We are looking forward to the award ceremony and celebrating with the other finalists! 📷 Nick Howard

We are thrilled to announce that we are finalists in the Deliciously Yorkshire Taste Awards, ‘Best Use of Produce on a Menu’ category! 🎉   Our Courtyard Café is dedicated to using the very best of local, seasonal produce on its menu, so it’s fantastic to receive this recognition.   We are looking forward to the award ceremony and celebrating with the other finalists! 📸 Carole Poirot

Happy International Day of Sign Languages! 🧏🏼 Did you know we have a number of BSL interpreted events this Christmas? Meet the Designers Tour 🎄 BSL Interpreted Tour - 28th November, 4.30pm Father Christmas in the Castle 🎅🏻 BSL Interpreted Performance - Saturday 7th December, 10.15am Santa’s Grotto in the Boathouse 🎁 BSL Interpreted Performance - Saturday 14th December 13.10pm Find out more about accessible features, shows and tours this Christmas via our website. #CastleHoward #APlaceLikeNoOther #InternationalDayOfSignLanguages #IDSL #SignLanguageDay #Deaf #York #Yorkshire #Christmas

Less than two weeks remaining to visit our Tony Cragg sculpture exhibition! Have you seen the sculptures inside the House? Large scale sculptures, glass works and works on paper are on display, and they make for a striking contrast to our historic setting. Our limited-edition Tony Cragg print, Bluescape, is available to purchase from the House Gift Shop, or online via the link below. The print is exclusive to Castle Howard, with each one of only 50 signed and numbered. If you'd like one move quickly, the price increases after our exhibition ends on the 22 September. https://lnkd.in/dtf4V-nt Supported by Thaddaeus Ropac

Our limited-edition Tony Cragg print, Bluescape, is available to purchase from the House Gift Shop, or online.    There are three weeks left to acquire at our exhibition price of £850, which will increase to £1000 after the Tony Cragg at Castle Howard exhibition closes on the 22 September. The print is exclusive to Castle Howard, with each one of only 50 signed and numbered.    Exhibition Curator Dr Jon Wood said: ‘Bluescape continues Cragg’s fascination with anthropomorphism and with the representation of the landscape and the human body in union. This is a characteristic feature of his column sculptures where we see profiles of human heads and eroded geological formations merging together to become one. Several such sculptures, in polished stainless steel and wood, are presently on display at Caste Howard.   Bluescape carries a similar ambiguity. It presents a landscape of hills and clouds, which also reads as two faces, each looking up and down at the other. In keeping with this duality, Cragg has used the vertical portrait format for this landscape image, further underlining the combination of genres, and of the admixture of people and places.’   Bluescape is available to purchase in the House Gift Shop or online with delivery available to the UK, Europe, and the USA. Castle Howard Members can earn Membership Points on their purchase when they buy from our House Gift Shop. https://lnkd.in/dtf4V-nt

It has been wonderful to see our visitors interact with and be inspired by our Tony Cragg exhibition in recent months. For those who haven’t yet experienced the exhibition, there are just three weeks left to visit. Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to see world-class contemporary art at Castle Howard. Tony Cragg at Castle Howard runs until 22 September. Supported by Thaddaeus Ropac 📷 Yorkshire Postcards

Castle Howard’s firewood delivery service is starting up again for the colder months 🪵   🌳Our hardwood logs are sustainably sourced from Estate woodlands and include ash, sycamore, and birch. Each log is naturally air-dried before being processed by our in-house Forestry Team.   🌱At Castle Howard, our long-term woodland plan aims to increase biodiversity and climate resilience, alongside producing quality wood items. Over the past twelve months we have planted over 12,000 trees.   🛻Delivery available within a 15-mile radius on Mondays and Tuesdays between 8.30am and 4pm. Minimum order of 2 cubic metres (one full load) at £170 plus a small delivery fee.   To place your order, please call on 01653 648646 or email cwanless@castlehoward.co.uk

There is just one month left to see our headline contemporary sculpture exhibition 🗓️ Tony Cragg at Castle Howard runs until 22 September and features over 20 sculptures in the House and Gardens. Viewing the sculptures is included in admission. Children can enjoy a creative art trail around the Grounds as part of the exhibition. Supported by Thaddaeus Ropac 📷 Nick Howard

If you have visited us lately, you may have noticed that work is now well underway in the Tapestry Drawing Room, which is being reinstated in the style of Vanbrugh, and will be hung with the Vanderbank tapestries made for the room in 1706. Having been reduced to a mere shell by the fire of 1940, this restoration involves a new ceiling and floorboards – and every element in between! One of the prominent features of the room is the entablature, the ornate plaster work where the wall joins the ceiling, which consists of three, layered parts - a cornice, a frieze, and an architrave. The new entablature is based on an Ionic entablature designed by the 16th century Italian Renaissance architect Vignola, who was a strong influence on Vanbrugh’s work. We know from photographs that the cornice in the room before the fire was similar to this Ionic design. The detailed ornament for the cornice and architrave is based upon Vanbrugh’s examples on the south front of the house. The frieze is a rinceau design of plant forms, inspired by both decoration at the Ara Pacis, an Ancient Roman altar dating from 13 BC, and Vanbrugh’s decoration in the Great Hall. The entablature is being created by heritage craftspeople using the traditional method of hand run plaster, which is all created on site. While run plasterwork is a more difficult process, it is how cornices would have been formed in the early-eighteenth century and is therefore more authentic and appropriate to the reinstatement of the room. The final details will be applied to the entablature over the coming months, so do keep your eyes peeled and don’t forget to look up! Images: 1, 2 - Illustrations by Francis Terry 3 - Philip Gaches working on the entablature, image Charlotte Graham 4 - South front entablature, image Nick Howard 5 - The original cornice, image Castle Howard Archives