Biddick Hall
Biddick Hall is a small country house in the village of Bournmoor near Chester-le-Street in County Durham, England . The house where the Lambton family lives has been listed by English Heritage as a Grade I Historic Building.
history
The Lambtons bought the mansion and property in South Biddick , then 1.8 km², in 1594 from the Bowes family . At the beginning of the 18th century, the old mansion was replaced by the current two-story building with five bays in the Queen Anne style, which was built using brick and stone . The central entrance yoke has Ionic pillars with beams and roofs .
Around 1820, John George Lambton had Lambton Castle built on the property of Harraton Hall to the west. He was made Baron Lambton in 1828 and Earl of Durham in 1833.
The country house was expanded in 1859 with the addition of a sixth, blind yoke and in 1954 with the addition of a north wing.
After the family moved to Lambton Castle, the younger members of the family lived at Biddick Hall or the cottage was leased. One of the tenants was Frank Stobart , agent of the earl, deputy lieutenant and in 1906 also High Sheriff of Durham .
In 1932, when Lambton Castle was no longer habitable, the family moved again to Biddick Hall. The house was remodeled by Trenwith Wills and Lord Gerald Wellesley .
In September 2012, Biddick Hall served as the setting for the new BBC drama The Paradise .
Individual evidence
- ^ Dan Cruickshank: Wills and Wellesley in National Trust Magazine . National Trust, London Summer 2012 {. P. 38.
swell
- Biddick Hall . Images of England.
- An Historic Topographical and Descriptive View of the County of Durham . Volume 1. McKenzie and Ross, 1834. p. 361.
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Coordinates: 54 ° 52 '8 " N , 1 ° 30' 41" W.