Milbourne Hall is a privately owned mansion house at Milbourne, near Ponteland

Ponteland

Ponteland is a village situated in Northumberland near Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The name means island in the Pont , as the area consisted of a small piece of solid ground around St. Mary's church and the old bridge, surrounded by marshland. This marshland is now drained, with housing built on...

, 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

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 which has Grade I listed building status.

The Bates family were a long established Northumbrian family of Bedlington

Bedlington

Bedlington is a town in Northumberland, to the north of the Tyne and Wear urban area. It lies north of Newcastle and southeast of the county town of Morpeth. Other nearby places include Ashington to the north northeast, Blyth to the east and Cramlington to the south.The parish of Bedlington...

 and Halliwell who enjoyed intermarriage with other prominent landed famililies. Ralph Bates (1764–1813) High Sheriff of Northumberland

High Sheriff of Northumberland

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 in 1812 and later Deputy Lieutenant

Deputy Lieutenant

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 built the house in about 1810 to a design by Edinburgh architect John Patterson

John Patterson (architect)

John Patterson was a Scottish architect who trained with Robert Adam whom he assisted with his work on Edinburgh University Old College.Patterson's own works include:*Monzie Castle 1785-1790*Barmoor Castle c. 1801*Pinkie House 1800...

. It was built in a Georgian style

Georgian architecture

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in local stone, around an octagonal courtyard and features unusual internal arrangements including a rotunda salon.

In 1891 Georgiana Elliot née Bates, bequeathed the estate to her grandson Ralph GE Mortimer (High Sheriff in 1916).