A STATELY home will reopen to the public on Saturday following an 800,000 refurbishment.

Beningbrough Hall, near Shipton, now has a network of interactive galleries displaying 130 18th century works of British art.

The work has been supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Department of Culture, Media and Support and other trusts and private donors.

Making Faces: Eighteenth Century Style, is a new interactive set of galleries. Visitors will be able to use new software to commission their own 18th century-style portrait and try their hands at modelling.