In the Mediaeval period, there was a monastic grange on the site, associated with Easby Abbey.[1] The name "St Trinian" was associated with it by the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 1530s, believed to be a reference to Saint Ninian.[2] The current building dates from the early to mid 18th century, with wings added before 1785. The building was altered in 1906,[3] and during the First World War, it was purchased by Everard Radcliffe, who lived there until his death in 1969. A local story claims that Radcliffe planted a copse of willows on the property, in order that they could be used in the manufacture of cricket bats for Yorkshire County Cricket Club.[2]
The building was grade II listed in 1969.[3] In 2022, it was put up for sale, with a guide price of £2.5 million. At the time, the property included a reception hall, dining room, drawing room, sitting room, library, hobby room, kitchen, utility room and two cloakrooms on the ground floor, with six bedrooms, four bathrooms and a further sitting room on the upper floors. There was a cottage at the rear, and about 20 acres of gardens and parkland.[4]
The house is built of sandstone, with a red tile roof. It has two storeys and an L-shaped plan, with a main range of five bays, flanking two-bay wings, and a later rear wing on the right. The south front has a plinth, chamferedrusticatedquoins, a cornice, and a parapet with ball finials on pedestals. In the centre is a Doricportico with three-quarter columns and a pediment. This is flanked by cantedbay windows, and in the upper floor are sash windows in architraves. Inside, there is an early-18th century stone fireplace, and an early staircase in the rear wing.[3][5]
