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Belsay Hall |
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Belsay Hall
Belsay Hall shown within Northumberland |
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| OS grid reference | NZ087783 |
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| List of places: UK • England • Northumberland | |
Belsay Hall is a 19th century country mansion located at Belsay, Northumberland. It is a Grade I listed building.[1]
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The house was built between 1810 and 1817 for Sir Charles Monck (then of Belsay Castle close by) to a design by architect John Dobson. It is built in ashlar with a Lakeland slate roof in the Greek Doric style.
The house measures 100 feet (30 m) square with a lower kitchen wing attached to the north side. Externally the house appears to have two stories,although there is an additional storey hidden within the roof space to house servants etc.[1]
This service side of the house was badly affected by dry rot in the 1970s and, following remedial work, it has been left as a weather-proof shell to illustrate how the house was built. The hall was the residence of the Middleton family until 1962.
The entire Belsay Hall house is unfurnished and maintained in a condition of benign decay, with only necessary structural maintenance undertaken. This allows it to be used as a setting for bespoke art installations each summer.
Belsay Hall is administered by English Heritage and is open to the public.[2] There are extensive gardens, formal and naturalistic, such as the Quarry Garden.
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