Hesleyside Hall

Hesleyside Hall

Hesleyside Hall is a privately owned 18th century country house and the ancestral home of the Border reiver Charlton family situated near Bellingham, Northumberland. It is a Grade II* listed building. [http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=N7973 Keys to the Past] ]

The Charltons have been at Hesleyside since the 14th century [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51101&strquery=hesleyside "A Topographical Dictionary of England" (1848) p55-62 (Leemailing) from British History Online] ] . The present mansion, believed to be built on the site of a 14th century peel tower, was built in 1719. 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 ["Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of England and Ireland, Volume 1" (1862) p207 Google Books] . 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 [ [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=239408&mode=quick English Heritage; Images of England] ]

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