Dissington Hall
Dissington Hall is a country house on the banks of the Pont in North Dissington in the English county of Northumberland . It was designated a Historic Building II * by English Heritage . Grade listed. Today the house is in private hands and is used as the headquarters of a private company and conference center. The stables have been listed separately as Grade II Historic Buildings by English Heritage.
North Dissington was the seat of the Delaval family for centuries . Admiral Ralph Delaval (ca. 1641–1707) and Admiral George Delaval (ca. 1667–1723) were born in an earlier house at this point . The latter had the Seaton Delaval Hall built.
Admiral Ralph Delaval sold the property to Edward Collingwood of Byker in 1673 . 1794 commissioned another Edward Collingwood (1734-1806), a judge and owner of a coal mine from Chirton , the architect William Newton with the construction of a new mansion . The construction was completed in 1797. When Edward Collingwood died with no descendants, he bequeathed the property to a nephew, Edward Spencer-Stanhope , on condition that he changed his name to "Collingwood". In 1820 the house was renovated by adding a Tuscan portico .
The Collingwood family owned this property until 1955, although it had mostly been leased since 1867. During the Second World War the country house was used as a dormitory, hospital and warehouse for TNT . In 1940 it was hit by a bomb, which caused damage to the south and east facades.
In 1968 the current owners bought the house as a restoration project. In 1992, Michael and Gill Brown founded their event agency to host conferences and weddings in Dissington Hall.
In January 2015, a further nine offices were inaugurated with a view over the park, which makes the country house even more attractive as the company's headquarters. The current owners have announced that they will withdraw from the wedding business in January 2016, so that the country house will then be fully available to corporate customers.
Individual evidence
- ^ Dissington Hall . Images of England. English Heritage. ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
- ↑ Stableblock Attached to North of Dissington Hall . Images of England. English Heritage. ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
- ↑ a b c A family tradition: the restoration of Dissington Hall . In: The Country Seat . Retrieved September 18, 2015.
Coordinates: 55 ° 2 ′ 24.7 ″ N , 1 ° 49 ′ 1.6 ″ W.