Blagdon Hall

Blagdon Hall

Blagdon Hall (gbmapping|NZ21557705) is a privately owned country mansion near Seaton Burn, Northumberland which has Grade I listed building status.

The estate has been in the ownership of the White Ridley family since 1698.

The hall was built in two phases between about 1720 and 1752 by Matthew White and his son Sir Matthew White, whose sister Elizabeth married Matthew Ridley (1719-1778) four times Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. It was substantially enlarged in the nineteenth century to designs by architects John Dobson and Ignatius Bonomi. Some of these additions were removed following a fire in 1944.

The gardens were extensively remodelled the 1930s Edwin Lutyens whose daughter Ursula was married to the third Viscount Ridley.

The stable block designed by James Wyatt in Palladian style in 1791 is Grade II* listed and a 19th folly in the grounds is Grade II listed

References

* [http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&prn=N11433 Keys to the Past]

External links

* [http://www.blagdonestate.co.uk Blagdon Estate]


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