Mulgrave Estate

Stephen joined the Estate in 2018 as Wildlife Manager, having previously worked on various Estate across the north of England and Scotland. He also worked for the Food & Environment Research Agency where he carried out wildlife management and research projects across the UK. Stephen is an experienced deer manager and has dealt with wildlife control on estates for over 22 years. In his spare time Stephen enjoys partaking in martial arts.

Mulgrave Estate have been successful in applying for some grant aid in the form of agricultural materials to prevent poaching and run off in part of the Sandsend beck catchment. The Estate have acquired materials to install over 400m of fencing to stop grazing livestock entering the watercourse at Dunsley. This reduces the opportunity for livestock to pollute the drains and watercourses which eventually flow into the bay and the Sandsend bathing beach. As an alternative to livestock drinking from the beck the project will also install a large trough, pipework and concrete sleepers for hardstanding to enable livestock to still graze the land and have a constant supply of clean water. Work on installing the materials will begin in April.

A notable landscape feature at Kettleness has had a major facelift thanks to the dedication of a local drystone waller. Work on the traditional boundary feature, alongside the Cleveland Way at Kettleness has now been completed and has made a huge impact on the coastal landscape.

As part of Mulgrave’s farm re-organisation at Lythe, the Estate continues its investment in sustainable agriculture by erecting a new livestock building at Phipps Farm, now occupied by Martin & Vanessa Dobson.