Historic Kilnwick Percy Hall is a stunning Grade 2* listed building set within 47 acres of grounds with woodland walks, parkland and a lake. It is located just outside Pocklington, near York.
The Hall has been the home of Madhyamaka Kadampa Meditation Centre for 30 years, and is a relaxing place of peace and tranquillity.
Everyone is welcome to visit Kilnwick Percy Hall, and the grounds are open every day from dawn until dusk. We have a lovely World Peace Café, Gift Shop and Bed & Breakfast. Ask at Reception about our Guided House Tours if you would like to find out more about the history of the Hall.
History
Kilnwick Percy history stretches back to the Bronze Age settlement, and 1 mile away to the east are the remains of a Roman road.
William the Conqueror took the land at Killenwick from Morcar, Earl of Northumberland, after
1066 and gave it, together with a hall, to one of his favourite commanders, Robert de Bruis. (His great-great-great-grandson was to become Robert the Bruce of Scotland).
Later that century, Ernald de Perci married into the family, and thus inherited the estate: the anglicised name Percy was added, and this also differentiated it from the other Kilnwick, just 10 miles away.
The estate and hall have subsequently been owned by several different families, which you can find out more about in one of the house tours.
We don’t know much about the original hall, except that it had a thatched roof (we have the thatcher’s bill for its repair) and in 1570 it started to be replaced with a stone mansion in the Elizabethan style. The owner, Thomas Wood, died before the work was completed, his wife remarried and moved away, and the house remained uncompleted for 100 years.
In 1702 the Hall and estate were bought by the Anderson family, who completed work on the house and were responsible for creating the lakes out of the original mill ponds, and a formal parkland with carriage drives.
