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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|House in Kirby Sigston, Hambleton, North Yorkshire, UK}}<br />
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[[File:Kirby Sigston Manor and Lake (geograph 2028063).jpg|thumb|right|The Manor House in 2010]]<br />
[[File:The Lake, Kirby Sigston manor (geograph 2028083).jpg|thumb|right|The lake at the Manor House]]<br />
'''Kirby Sigston Manor''' is a [[manor house]] in the village of [[Kirby Sigston]] in [[North Yorkshire]], England.<br />
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The house is originally built in 1826 but was expanded in the 20th century. It is [[Listed building#England and Wales|listed Grade II]] on the [[National Heritage List for England]].<ref name=NHLE>{{NHLE|num=1294735|desc=The Manor House|access-date=23 April 2022}}</ref> 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.<ref name=NHLE/> The main door to the house has a Doric doorcase.<ref name=NHLE/> It has extensive gardens including a lake with a boathouse and a weir.<ref name=guardian-20230312/><br />
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The house is owned by [[Rishi Sunak]], [[Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)|leader of the Conservative Party]] and [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]], who bought it for £1.5 million before he became an MP.<ref name="GuardianOct22">{{cite news |last1=Neate |first1=Rupert |title=Does Rishi Sunak's £730m fortune make him too rich to be PM? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/22/rishi-sunak-rich-730m-fortune-prime-minister |access-date=22 October 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=22 October 2022}}</ref> He was elected as the MP for the local constituency of [[Richmond (Yorks) (UK Parliament constituency)|Richmond (Yorks)]] in 2015.<ref name=BBC21>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-58345526|title=Chancellor Rishi Sunak has new pool, gym and tennis court approved|date=26 August 2021|work=[[BBC News]]|accessdate=23 April 2022}}</ref> 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,<ref name=BBC21/> which required an upgraded electricity supply.<ref name=guardian-20230312>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/mar/12/rishi-sunak-has-electricity-grid-upgraded-to-heat-his-private-pool |title=Rishi Sunak has electricity grid upgraded to heat his private pool |last=Waterson |first=Jim |newspaper=The Guardian |date=12 March 2023 |access-date=12 March 2023}}</ref> This work was expected to cost £400,000.<ref name="GuardianOct22"/><br />
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Activists from the environmental charity [[Greenpeace]] projected a film onto the facade of the house in November 2022 as a protest regarding Sunak's government's policies on [[fuel poverty in the United Kingdom]].<ref name="GuardianNov22">{{cite news |last1=Pidd |first1=Helen |title=Green activists project fuel poverty images on to Rishi Sunak's house |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/nov/16/green-activists-project-fuel-poverty-images-on-to-rishi-sunaks-house|access-date=15 November 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=15 November 2022}}</ref><br />
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