Middleton Lodge is a Georgian Palladian mansion set within 200 acre (0.809372 km²) of open countryside, on the outskirts of the village of Middleton Tyas

Middleton Tyas

Middleton Tyas is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It is located nearby to Scotch Corner.-History:The name Middleton is of Anglo-Saxon origin and it means middle-farm or middle-settlement...

, a mile or so off the A1 near Scotch Corner

Scotch Corner

Scotch Corner is an important junction of the A1 and A66 trunk roads near Richmond, North Yorkshire, England. It has been described as "the modern gateway to Cumbria, the North East and Scotland".-Geography:...

 and a 15-minute drive from Darlington

Darlington

Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, part of the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It lies on the small River Skerne, a tributary of the River Tees, not far from the main river. It is the main population centre in the borough, with a population of 97,838 as of 2001...

, North Yorkshire.

History

Middleton Lodge was designed by the architect John Carr, and was built between 1777-1780 for George Hartley Esquire.

The Hartley family was one of the major land owning families in the area. George's father, Leonard Hartley, lived in East Hall, one of the larger houses in Middleton Tyas. The Hartleys continued to live in Middleton Lodge until the late 1870s.
In 1890 The Hon. Mrs. Margt. Dundas is recorded as living at Middleton Lodge. It was the family home of Arthur Francis Pease

Arthur Francis Pease

Sir Arthur Francis Pease, 1st Baronet, DL was an English coal owner and public servant.Pease was born in Hummersknott, a suburb of Darlington. He came from a wealthy local Quaker family, and was the son of the coal owner and Member of Parliament Arthur Pease and the brother of the politician...

, who died there in 1927.

Middleton Lodge is still a family home to the Allison family who have lived there since 1980, however it is now also available for exclusive hire for private wedding receptions and functions. It was the location for the film Perfect Day

Perfect Day (TV film)

Perfect Day was a two hour television movie, initially broadcast on Five in December, 2005.Centered around a group of university friends who reunite five years later for the wedding of Tom and Amy , it tells the story of old loves rekindled, marriages falling apart and the problems of career women...

and the Hindu-language children's film Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors, which was shot entirely on the Yorkshire Dales.