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Mar 2025

Last Updated: 26/02/2026
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Lifestyle

Sunday Picture Quiz Answers: March 1

by The Stray Ferret

| 01 Mar, 2025
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Here are the answers to this week's Sunday Picture Quiz. How well did you do?

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Photo: Historic England.

1. The Orangery, Ripley Castle

This grade II* listed gem was built around 1785 to a design by William Belwood, a pupil of Robert Adam, at a time when interest in such additions flared among owners of grand houses.

Being able to offer non-native-grown fruits to visitors was the ultimate status symbol – hence all the stone pineapples adorning stately home gateposts around the country. So having an orangery, where the landowner could grow their own citrus fruits, became highly desirable.

In the 20th century, the trend trickled down through the social strata and morphed into the humble conservatory.

In more recent years, Ripley Castle orangery was in serious need of some attention, but then in 2021 the estate received a grant from Historic England of £343,000 for its restoration, saving it for posterity.

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2. Sculptures to the rear of Westgate House, Harrogate

This is one of five stone sculptures that used to adorn the front wall of the Co-op in Harrogate town centre.

That store was built to a modern design by architect Neville Mackay in the late 1950s, and these large plaques were made by Ken Pigott, who taught sculpture at Harrogate College of Art.

The building (later called Sunwin House and home to Beales department store) was demolished in 2015 to make way for the Everyman Cinema, and Mr Mackay helped rescue the sculptures from destruction.

For reasons we haven't been able to discover, they were mounted on the rear of Westgate House, a block of property currently housing estate agent Strutt & Parker (among others) on Albert Street.

At some point in the last decade, one of the scultures was removed to accommodate some structural alterations and there is now a doorway in its place.

The remaining four can still be seen from the cut-through between Albert Street and Raglan Street, to the rear of the former court house.

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3. Rock Garden, Newby Hall

The rock garden was started just before the First World War and completed just before many of the estate workers headed off to fight in France.

It was neglected for many years and the waterfall fell into disuse during the Second World War. But that was restored in 1980, and the garden itself, previously very overgrown, has been comprehensively renovated, replanted and 'reborn'.

The rock garden is just one component of Newby Hall's gardens, which also include the woodland garden, the rose garden, the orchard garden, the water garden and even the tropical garden.

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4. Glasshouses Mill, Nidderdale

Built on the site of an old cornmill in the early 1800s, Glasshouses Mill was first used to spin flax. It grew over the 19th century into a huge concern, employing more than 250 people.

It was converted to spin hemp in 1899 and continued production until it closed in 1972, after which it housed several small businesses.

It was grade II listed in 2007 and partially converted into 30 homes, the first residents moving in in 2021. The conversion is ongoing, with 20 more homes in the pipeline.

Too easy or too difficult? Let us know what you think of our quiz by contacting us at letters@thestrayferret.co.uk.

Please do send us tricky pics of the area that we can include – and we'll credit your contribution. Thank you!