Linden Hall
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Linden Hall is a former mansion house at Longhorsley
in Northumberland
, England
which is now operated as a hotel and country club. This includes an 18 hole golf course. The Hall has Grade II listed building status.
In about 1806 Charles William Bigge
, a successful Newcastle banker, bought an estate of almost 3000 acres (1,214.1 ha) at Longhorsley, which had been owned by the family of the Earl of Carlisle
since the 12th century. In 1813 he built a mansion house on the estate for his own occupation.
He retained his friend, Sir Charles Monck
, an amateur architect with a keen interest in the Greek Revival
style, to design the new house with the assistance of the then newly qualified architect John Dobson
.
He named the new house after an adjacent stream.
Financial problems later caused his descendants to sell the estate and Hall, which were sold in 1861 to H M Ames for £72500.
Thereafter the house provided a home for the Liddell
, Ames and Adamson
families until 1963. In 1978 it was sold to a company which converted it into a hotel.
Longhorsley
Longhorsley is a village in Northumberland, England about northwest of Morpeth, and about south of Alnwick. The A697 road passes through the village linking it with Morpeth, Wooler and Coldstream in Scotland. There are 6 "Streets" in Longhorsley: Whitegates, Church View, Drummonds Close, West...
in Northumberland
Northumberland
Northumberland is the northernmost ceremonial county and a unitary district in North East England. For Eurostat purposes Northumberland is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "Northumberland and Tyne and Wear" NUTS 2 region...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
which is now operated as a hotel and country club. This includes an 18 hole golf course. The Hall has Grade II listed building status.
In about 1806 Charles William Bigge
Charles William Bigge
Charles William Bigge was an important merchant and banker in Newcastle on Tyne.He served as High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1802, a position previously held by...
, a successful Newcastle banker, bought an estate of almost 3000 acres (1,214.1 ha) at Longhorsley, which had been owned by the family of the Earl of Carlisle
Earl of Carlisle
Earl of Carlisle is a title that has been created three times in the Peerage of England. The first creation came in 1322 when the soldier Andrew Harclay, 1st Baron Harclay was made Earl of Carlisle. He had already been summoned to Parliament as Lord Harclay in 1321...
since the 12th century. In 1813 he built a mansion house on the estate for his own occupation.
He retained his friend, Sir Charles Monck
Sir Charles Monck, 6th Baronet
Sir Charles Miles Lambert Monck, 6th Baronet succeeded to the Baronetcy of Belsay Castle on the death of his father in 1795...
, an amateur architect with a keen interest in the Greek Revival
Greek Revival architecture
The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture...
style, to design the new house with the assistance of the then newly qualified architect John Dobson
John Dobson (architect)
John Dobson was a 19th-century English architect in the neoclassical tradition. He became the most noted architect in the North of England. Churches and houses by him dot the North East - Nunnykirk Hall, Meldon Park, Mitford Hall, Lilburn Tower, St John the Baptist Church in Otterburn,...
.
He named the new house after an adjacent stream.
Financial problems later caused his descendants to sell the estate and Hall, which were sold in 1861 to H M Ames for £72500.
Thereafter the house provided a home for the Liddell
Liddell
People named Liddell include:* Alice Liddell, Lewis Carroll's "muse"* Andy Liddell, Scottish footballer* Anne Liddell-Grainger, mother of Ian Liddell-Grainger* Sir B. H...
, Ames and Adamson
Lawrence William Adamson
Lawrence William Adamson, second but only surviving son of Lawrence Adamson, HM's Seneschal of the Isle of Man and barrister-at-law, was born on 16 July 1829....
families until 1963. In 1978 it was sold to a company which converted it into a hotel.