Kirby Sigston Manor is a manor house in the village of Kirby Sigston in North Yorkshire, England.
It is listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England. [1] It is two storeys in height and constructed to a three-bay plan with a pair of four-bay wings to the rear of the house. [1] The main door to the house has a Doric doorcase. [1] It has extensive gardens including a lake with a boathouse and a weir. [2]
The house was originally built in 1826 but was expanded in the 20th century.
The house is owned by Rishi Sunak, leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, who bought it for £1.5 million before he became an MP. [3] He was elected as the MP for the local constituency of Richmond (Yorks) in 2015. [4] In 2021 Sunak was granted planning permission to build a leisure complex with a gym, swimming pool and outdoor tennis court in a paddock at the house, [4] which required an upgraded electricity supply. [2] This work was expected to cost £400,000. [3]
Activists from the environmental charity Greenpeace projected a film onto the façade of the house in November 2022 as a protest regarding Sunak's government's policies on fuel poverty in the United Kingdom [5] and in August 2023 they climbed onto its roof, covered it in "oil-black fabric" and unveiled a yellow sign saying "No new oil" to protest against the Government's decision to grant over 100 new North Sea oil and gas licences. [6] [7]
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