Hesleyside Hall
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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.[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 peel 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]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Keys to the Past
- ^ A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848) p55-62 (Leemailing) from British History Online
- ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of England and Ireland, Volume 1 (1862) p207 Google Books
- ^ English Heritage; Images of England
