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Meldon Park

A Grade II* Listed Building in Meldon, Northumberland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.1633 / 55°9'48"N

Longitude: -1.8323 / 1°49'56"W

OS Eastings: 410779

OS Northings: 585459

OS Grid: NZ107854

Mapcode National: GBR H8NQ.3W

Mapcode Global: WHC2N.THN2

Plus Code: 9C7W5579+83

Entry Name: Meldon Park

Listing Date: 6 May 1952

Last Amended: 30 January 1986

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1042899

English Heritage Legacy ID: 238337

ID on this website: 101042899

Location: Northumberland, NE61

County: Northumberland

Civil Parish: Meldon

Traditional County: Northumberland

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Northumberland

Church of England Parish: Hartburn with Meldon

Church of England Diocese: Newcastle

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Description


MELDON MELDON PARK
NZ 1085
20/104 Meldon Park
(Formerly listed as
6.5.52 Meldon Hall)
GV II*
Country House, 1832 by John Dobson for Isaac Cookson, some internal alterations
by Lutyens c.1930. Ashlar except for tooled and margined stone to rear of
service wings; slate roofs. Rectangular main block with parallel service wings
to north, truncated c.1960. Vest (entrance) front 2 storeys, 3 bays. Moulded
plinth, shallow angle pilasters, 1st floor band. Central bay slightly recessed
behind prostyle tetrastyle Ionic porch with two columns in antis in rear wall.
12-pane sash windows in architraves which extend down to plinth or band.
Ground-floor windows have cornices on richly-carved consoles. Modillion eaves
cornice and parapet with short central open balustrade to each bay. Hipped roof
has 2 stepped and corniced stacks with quadruple shafts. Lower 4-bay service
wing set back to left; 12 pane sashes, ground floor in architraves, stepped and
corniced stacks to left end and on ridge.

South front 5 bays, the central a full-height canted bay; similar detail. East
front 5 bays, the central 3 slightly recessed; end bays have tripartite sashes.
Lower service wing, set back to right,and link with conservatory (q.v.).

Interior; restrained decoration with marble chimneypieces in most rooms.
Imperial stair, altered by Lutyens. "The last flowering of the Georgian country
house tradition .... perhaps the best example of Dobson's competence as an
architect of country houses".

'Meldon Park' (M. Girouard), Country Life CXXXIX (1966) 406-9.


Listing NGR: NZ1077985459

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