Beningbrough
Family trail, summer 2025

Client
National Trust

Location
Yorkshire

Role
Graphic design 

Collaborators/Creative partners
Illustration: Millie Nice

Photography by Julia Lofthouse

Beningbrough Hall is a grand Grade 1 listed mansion and estate near York, built in the early 1700s. Its original baroque interiors have been faithfully preserved with the ground floor rooms telling the story of the house and the first floor rooms hosting contemporary and traditional art exhibtions. It is set in an extensive 380-acre estate with formal contemporary gardens designed by Andy Sturgeon.

We were commissioned to design the summer 2025 family trail shining a light on the lives of servants who worked at the estate. We partnered with illustrator Millie Nice to create an interactive trail around the gardens, outbuildings and main house. Visitors have to seek out the servant characters and. find out if they are having a good day or a bad day. Millie’s character illustrations show the servants in context to their jobs, with various hidden tools to find within the illustrations.