To the west of the village is the late 17th century Grade I listed Cowick Hall, the former seat of the Viscounts Downe which is now the headquarters of Croda International.
John Dawnay, 4th Viscount Downe (1728–1780), MP for Cirencester and Malton, son of the above
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John Dawnay, 5th Viscount Downe (1764–1832), MP for Petersfield and Wootton Basset, son of the above
A third chassis that was also completed at the time had been sold to the owner of the Aston Martin Owners Club, Richard Dawney, who ran the Viscount Downe Racing team as a privateer entry.
Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson | Viscount | Vickers Viscount | Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein | William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe | viscount | Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley | Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham | William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim | Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby | William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne | Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy | Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke | William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor | James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce | Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke | Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston | Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon | Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe | Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford | Viscount Falkland | Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood | John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley | James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon | William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford | William Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington | Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere | Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill | Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted | John Monckton, 1st Viscount Galway |
John Dawney's elder brother, Thomas Dawney of Escrick, Yorkshire, married Elizabeth, the daughter of John Newton of Snaith, Yorkshire, and was ancestor of the Viscounts Downe.