Hedgeley Hall

Hedgeley Hall is a privately owned late 18th century country house situated near Powburn, Northumberland. It is a Grade II listed building.

The estate at Hedgeley was purchased by Ralph Carr in 1786 and he substantially rebuilt the earlier house which had stood on the site.

Ralph's son, John Carr (High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1813), of Hedgeley and Dunston Hill, Gateshead, married Hannah Ellison, sister of Cuthbert Ellison of Hebburn Hall. Their son Ralph Carr (High Sheriff in 1845) inherited the Hebburn estates from his cousin, Colonel Cuthbert Ellison, in 1870. Then in 1871, complying with a request from the colonel, he was grant permission to add the name Ellison to his own surname.

The house was remodelled in the 19th century when rear wings were added, and was significantly extended and improved by Colonel Ralph Henry Carr-Ellison with the assistance of architect George Reavell between 1910 and 1914. The interior was enhanced by the transfer of doors & fireplaces from Dunston Hill and Hebburn Hall.

The house and working estate remain in the ownership of the Carr-Ellison family

References

* [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=236579&mode=quick English Heritage: Images of England. Photograph and detailed architectural description]

1.For correspondence on the purchase of the Hedgeley estate see Northumberland Collections Service ref NRO 855/A/3/Box5/8 as well as the relevant conveyance documents & deeds & the website for Hedgeley Hall set up by the Carr-Ellison family. These give the correct date of Hedgeley's purchase as 1786 (actually the end of December). The Northumberland County History date of 1784 is incorrect.