Bywell Hall
Bywell Hall, 2008
Bywell Hall is located in Northumberland
Bywell Hall
Location in Northumberland
General information
LocationNorthumberland, England
Coordinates54°56′53″N 1°55′44″W / 54.948°N 1.929°W / 54.948; -1.929
OS gridNZ046615

Bywell Hall is a privately owned 18th-century country house situated on the north bank of the River Tyne at Bywell, Northumberland, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.[1]

History

The manor of Bywell and Bywell Castle were owned by the Neville family in the 14th century but following the attainder of Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland for his part in the Rising of the North the Neville estates were forfeited and Bywell was sold in 1571 by the Crown to the Fenwick family.[2]

William Fenwick (son of John Fenwick High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1727) built the new house at Bywell to designs by architect James Paine in 1760.[1][3]

The estate was sold to Thomas Wentworth Beaumont for £145,000 early in the 19th century[2] and the house was improved by the Beaumonts, with the assistance of architect John Dobson, in 1827 and further altered later in the 19th century.[1]

The house is the home of Wentworth Beaumont, 4th Viscount Allendale and the estate is operated commercially by Allendale Estates.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Historic England. "Bywell Hall (1370556)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  2. 1 2 "The History Topography and Directory of Northumberland". William Whelan & Co. 1855. pp. 767–768.
  3. ↑ "Keys to the Past". Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  4. ↑ Designed and produced 2B Graphics Partnership Limited 2007©. "Allendale Estates - Welcome". allendale-estates.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 September 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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