Lartington Hall
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Lartington Hall is a 17th century country house, at Lartington
, Teesdale
, County Durham
, England
. It is a Grade II* listed building.
The earliest part of the house, built for the Appleby family, is the three storey four bayed central block and projecting three storey porch, which dates from about 1635. The west wing and chapel dedicated to St Lawrence were added in about 1800 and the west wing and ballroom were built possibly to a design by Ignatius Bonomi
in 1836. Further alterations in about 1860 were supervised by architect Joseph Hansom
.
The Roman Catholic family of Maire acquired the manor of Lartington by marriage in 1654. It passed to the Lawson family when Sir Henry Lawson Bt
(d 1834)
of Brough Hall married Anna Anastasia the Maire heiress. Their grandson Henry Thomas Maire Silvertop who inherited the estate married Eliza Witham and changed his surname to Witham. As Henry Witham
he was High Sheriff of Durham in 1844. His fourth son Right Reverend Monsignor Thomas Edward Witham lived in the Hall from 1847 until his death in 1897 when the estate passed to his grandnephew Francis Silvertop of Minsteracres
who sold it out of the family in 1912. In the intervening years the house was let to Richard Forster Matthews and then to his nephew Frederick Berkley-Matthews.
Norman Field and later his widow owned the house but after her death it stood empty and neglected for some years. A restoration project by Mr and Mrs Robin Rackham with the assistance of English Heritage
was completed in 2006.
Lartington
Lartington is a village in Teesdale, in the Pennines of England, situated near to the town of Barnard Castle. It was historically located in the North Riding of Yorkshire but along with the rest of the former Startforth Rural District it was transferred to County Durham for administrative and...
, Teesdale
Teesdale
Teesdale is a dale, or valley, of the east side of the Pennines in England. Large parts of Teesdale fall within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - the second largest AONB in England and Wales. The River Tees rises below Cross Fell, the highest hill in the Pennines, and its...
, County Durham
County Durham
County Durham is a ceremonial county and unitary district in north east England. The county town is Durham. The largest settlement in the ceremonial county is the town of Darlington...
, 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...
. It is a Grade II* listed building.
The earliest part of the house, built for the Appleby family, is the three storey four bayed central block and projecting three storey porch, which dates from about 1635. The west wing and chapel dedicated to St Lawrence were added in about 1800 and the west wing and ballroom were built possibly to a design by Ignatius Bonomi
Ignatius Bonomi
Ignatius Bonomi was an English architect and surveyor, with Italian origins by his father, strongly associated with Durham in north-east England....
in 1836. Further alterations in about 1860 were supervised by architect Joseph Hansom
Joseph Hansom
Joseph Aloysius Hansom was a prolific English architect working principally in the Gothic Revival style, who invented the Hansom cab and was one of the founders of the eminent architectural journal, The Builder, in 1843....
.
The Roman Catholic family of Maire acquired the manor of Lartington by marriage in 1654. It passed to the Lawson family when Sir Henry Lawson Bt
Lawson Baronets
There have been six Baronetcies created for persons with the surname of Lawson, two in the Baronetage of England and four in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom...
(d 1834)
of Brough Hall married Anna Anastasia the Maire heiress. Their grandson Henry Thomas Maire Silvertop who inherited the estate married Eliza Witham and changed his surname to Witham. As Henry Witham
Henry Witham
Henry T M Witham was the first English person to investigate the internal structure of fossil plants, and was a founder member of the Royal Geological Society....
he was High Sheriff of Durham in 1844. His fourth son Right Reverend Monsignor Thomas Edward Witham lived in the Hall from 1847 until his death in 1897 when the estate passed to his grandnephew Francis Silvertop of Minsteracres
Minsteracres
Minsteracres is an 18th century mansion house, now a Christian retreat centre, in Northumberland, England. It is a Grade II listed building.The house was built in 1758 by George Silvertop.. Originally erected with two storeys, a third storey was added in 1811 and a new North wing was built in...
who sold it out of the family in 1912. In the intervening years the house was let to Richard Forster Matthews and then to his nephew Frederick Berkley-Matthews.
Norman Field and later his widow owned the house but after her death it stood empty and neglected for some years. A restoration project by Mr and Mrs Robin Rackham with the assistance of English Heritage
English Heritage
English Heritage . is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...
was completed in 2006.