Hesleyside Hall

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Hesleyside Hall
Hesleyside Hall

 Hesleyside Hall shown within Northumberland
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Hesleyside Hall is a privately owned 18th-century country house and the ancestral home of the Border reiver Charlton family about 2 miles (3 km) west of Bellingham, Northumberland. It is a Grade II* listed building.[1]

The Charltons have been at Hesleyside since the 14th century.[2] The present mansion, believed to be built on the site of a 14th-century pele tower, was built in 1719.[1] The grounds were laid out by Capability Brown in 1776 and the east front was remodelled by architect William Newton in 1796.

Edward Charlton was created a Baronet in 1645.[3] Later Charltons served as High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1721 and 1837, and as Deputy Lieutenant.

The adjacent stable block (a Grade II listed building) incorporates a 1747 date stone[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Keys to the Past
  2. ↑ A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848) p55-62 (Leemailing) from British History Online
  3. ↑ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of England and Ireland, Volume 1 (1862) p207 Google Books
  4. ↑ English Heritage; Images of England
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