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Wallington Hall

A Grade I Listed Building in Wallington Demesne, Northumberland

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Latitude: 55.1521 / 55°9'7"N

Longitude: -1.9563 / 1°57'22"W

OS Eastings: 402880

OS Northings: 584191

OS Grid: NZ028841

Mapcode National: GBR G8SV.8Y

Mapcode Global: WHB1G.XRLQ

Plus Code: 9C7W522V+RF

Entry Name: Wallington Hall

Listing Date: 6 May 1952

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1042869

English Heritage Legacy ID: 238469

ID on this website: 101042869

Location: Wallington, Northumberland, NE61

County: Northumberland

Civil Parish: Wallington Demesne

Traditional County: Northumberland

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Northumberland

Church of England Parish: Cambo Holy Trinity

Church of England Diocese: Newcastle

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Description


WALLINGTON DEMESNE WALLINGTON HALL
NZ 0284
21/220 Wallington Hall
6.5.52
GV I
Country House built on site of earlier Fenwick house in 1688, for Sir William
Blackett; remodelled 1735-45, probably by Daniel Garrett, for Sir William
Calverley Blackett. Further alterations 1853-4 by John Dobson, on advice of
Ruskin. Tooled-and-margined stone, with dressings; slate roofs. Square plan
with ranges around courtyard, roofed over and converted into Central Hall in
1853 & 4;two small service wings to north. Classical style with little external
enrichment.

South front 2 storeys, 3+3+3 bays, symmetrical. Rusticated end quoins, bands
at lst floor and below eaves. Central slightly-projecting pedimented section
has French window in eared architrave under consoles carrying broken pediment
with Trevelyan arms, and flanked by 8-pane sashes; 18-pane sashes to 1st floor.
Flanking sections have 18-pane dashes with 15-pane sashes above and eaves cornice.
All windows in architraves set in shallow projections running the full height
of the wall. Top entablature has flattened ball finials with spikes on swept
bases flanking pediment and at ends of facade. Hipped roof.

East front 2+3+1+3+2 bays; plainer detail, central Tuscan porch. To far right
a 1-storey service wing with firebell in wooden bellcote on ridge.

Interior; notable mid-C18 plasterwork by Pietro Francini, especially in the
Saloon; also important contemporary woodwork. Simple but elegant Imperial stair.
Arcaded Central Hall has Pre-Raphaelite mural paintings by William Bell Scott,
and one panel by John Ruskin.

See articles by John Cornforth in Country Life MCLVII 854-8, 922-6, 986-9.


Listing NGR: NZ0288084191

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