Shandy Hall

He is remembered for his novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy.

• Name — Shandy Hall • Established — 1968 • Type — Historic house • Key Holdings — First editions of Laurence Sterne's works • Curator — Patrick Wildgust

• Illustration — Plaque commemorating Laurence Sterne at Shandy Hall The extant buildings result from three major phases of building: a medieval long hall built for the local priest around 1430; this was extended in the 17th century and then significantly altered by Sterne with the income from his novels. A stone tablet above its doorway states that Sterne wrote Tristram Shandy and A Sentimental Journey at Shandy Hall. This is not entirely accurate, for two volumes of Tristram Shandy had already been published in 1759 before Sterne moved to Coxwold. The house is a Grade I listed building. It was extended and altered internally for Sterne and subject to restoration in 1960. The Hall is now administered by the Laurence Sterne Trust, a registered charity, and is open to the public. Shandy Hall featured in the 2006 film A Cock and Bull Story, which was based on Sterne's book Tristram Shandy.

• Illustration — West entrance of Shandy Hall • Illustration — The Parlour • Illustration — Plaque commemorating the writer Laurence Sterne • Illustration — Medieval wall paintings behind later wood panelling in Shandy Hall's parlour • Illustration — The formal gardens behind the hall • Illustration — Sterne's study • Illustration — Shandy Hall appearing in a detail of Martin Rowson's graphic novel of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman