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The Manor was the first winner of AA/NPI Historic House Awards, for its "architectural integrity and warm welcome"; its gardens, which are open to the public although the house itself is not, include a notable rose garden, ancient yews, an arboretum and mulberry bushes.
It is a licensed venue for weddings and hosts summer productions of Shakespeare and operas in its grounds. It is also home to the Cleveland Bay Endeavour, a project to "conserve and promote" the Cleveland Bay horse, an endangered breed.
The owners of the house were described in 1988 by the New York Times as "... provid that essential ingredient so many historic buildings lack: a sense of continuity with the past and the feeling that Sheldon Manor is still a living organism, not an ancient relic."
In 1995, the Manor was used as the location for Uppercross in the BBC production Persuasion and in 2008 for BBC One's Bonekickers.
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