Bywell Hall - Citizendia

Bywell Hall is a privately owned 18th century country house situated on the north bank of the River Tyne at Bywell, Tynedale, Northumberland. The River Tyne is a River in England. It is formed by the confluence of two rivers the North Tyne and the South Tyne. Bywell is a village in Northumberland, in England. It is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne opposite Stocksfield, between Hexham Tynedale, is a local government district in south-west Northumberland, England. Northumberland is a county in the North East of England. The non-metropolitan county of Northumberland borders Cumbria to the west It is a Grade II* listed building^[1]. A listed building in the United Kingdom is a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural historical or cultural significance

The manor of Bywell and Bywell Castle were owned by the Neville family in the 14th century but following the attainder of Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland for his part in the Rising of the North the Neville estates were forfeited and Bywell was sold in 1571 by the Crown to the Fenwick family^[2]. Bywell Castle is situated in the village of Bywell overlooking the River Tyne, four miles east of Corbridge, Northumberland, England Charles Neville 6th Earl of Westmorland ( August 18, 1542 / August 28, 1543 &ndash November 16 1601, Nieuwpoort The Rising of the North or Revolt of the Northern Earls was an unsuccessful uprising against Elizabeth I of England in 1569 by Catholics of

William Fenwick (son of John Fenwick High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1727) built the new house at Bywell to designs by architect James Paine in 1760^[1]^[3]

The estate was sold to Thomas W Beaumont for £145000 early in the 19th century^[2] and the house was improved by the Beaumonts, with the assistance of architect John Dobson, in 1827 and further altered later in the 19th century^[1]

The house is the home of Wentworth Beaumont, 4th Viscount Allendale and the estate is operated commercially by Allendale Estates^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c English Heritage: Images of England
^ ^a ^b The History Topography and Directory of Northumberland (1855) William Whelan & Co pp767-8 Google Books
^ Keys to the Past
^ Allendale Estates website

This is a list of the High Sheriffs of the English county of Northumberland. James Paine (1717 &ndash 1789 was an English Architect. Essentially a Palladian, early in his career he was clerk of works at Nostell Priory John Dobson (1787 &ndash 1865 was a 19th century English Architect in the neoclassical tradition Viscount Allendale, of Allendale and Hexham in the County of Northumberland is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

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