Tyne and Wear HER(1401): Heaton Hall
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Description
"Welford records a visit by James I to "Heaton Hall" in 1617, but though this suggests the existence of a manor house it could conceivably have been the medieval one (HER ref. 116). It seems certain, however, that in 1713, soon after the Ridleys had bought the Heaton estate, Richard Ridley built Heaton Hall, a plain square brick house. His grandson, Sir Matthew White Ridley (d. 1813), employed William Newton to give it corner towers and to reface the front in stone, and the family remained there until c.1840. It was demolished...." -
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Added by: Simon Cotterill
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