Beamish Hall
Beamish Hall is a country house near the small town of Stanley in County Durham, England . The house, built in the middle of the 18th century with its 9.7 hectares of land, has English Heritage as a historical building II *. Grade listed.
history
Beamish Hall's history can be traced back to the days of the Norman conquest of England . The name “Beamish” is a corruption of the Norman “Beauvis” (German: “beautiful place”) or the old French “bew-mys” (German: “beautiful country house”).
Originally built in 1268 as a wedding present for Isabella de Leigh and Guiscard de Charron , the house was home to five generations of De Charrons and later Monbouchers . The last family member died in 1400. In the Middle Ages , the fortified house was owned by various aristocratic families, e . B. the Percys , inhabited.
Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland , was stripped of the Beamish manor in 1569 as a result of his involvement in the Rising of the North . The Wray family had a mansion built on the site of the current house in the early 17th century.
In 1683 Timothy Davison , a wealthy merchant from Newcastle upon Tyne , bought the manor. In 1673 he was mayor of Newcastle and head of the local merchants' guild. He had eleven sons and five daughters. In 1714, the eldest surviving son, William , married Dulcibella Morton (daughter of John Morton , the principal of Sedgefield , and Dulcibella Naylor ). In 1739 their eldest daughter, Mary Davison , who was then heir to the estate, married Sir Robert Eden, 3rd Baronet , of Windlestone Hall .
The present Beamish Hall was built in the mid-18th century to replace the old mansion. The originally three-story main facade with seven bays was soon extended by three more bays.
In 1803, Catherine Eden , daughter of Sir John Eden, 4th Baronet , married Robert Duncombe Shafto of Whitworth Hall , County Durham . In 1904 their grandson, Reverend Slinsby Duncombe Shafto , inherited the property and subsequently took Eden as an additional family name. He was High Sheriff of Durham in 1908 . The future Prime Minister of the United Kingdom , Sir Anthony Eden , spent part of his youth at Beamish Hall.
The Edens added a rear building to Beamish Hall in 1813 and major changes and additions were made in 1897 and 1910, e.g. B. the extension of an entrance hall with six Ionic columns, a ballroom and a winter garden .
After Robert Shafto's death in 1949, the property was sold to the National Coal Board and the family moved to Bavington Hall . In 1969 the County Durham County Council acquired the house and from that time until 1995 it housed a local school. After the county government no longer needed Beamish Hall, the house stood empty until August 2000. At the end of 2000 it was sold again and has been renovated and converted into a hotel by its new owners.
The North of England Open Air Museum (also known as Beamish Museum ) is housed in part of the parkland that surrounds the house. The country house itself is almost completely renovated, which should give it back the original splendor of an aristocratic house. The grounds of the house were named Beamish Wild to attract families; there are rope climbing facilities and adventure playgrounds for children.
Individual evidence
- ^ Beamish Hall . Heritage Gateway. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
- ^ Beamish Hall . Domesday Reloaded. BBC Online. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
Sources and web links
- A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland . Volume 1. Burke and Burke, 1835. P. 47. Chapter: Shafto of Whitworth and Beamish .
- Beamish Wild website. Beamish Hall.
Coordinates: 54 ° 53 ′ 8.5 " N , 1 ° 40 ′ 15.8" W.