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Wallington Hall is a country house and gardens in Northumberland. The house was built in 1688 for Sir William Blackett around the core of an earlier mediæval house (Fenwick House) and pele tower. His heir, Sir Walter Calverley Blackett, transformed Wallington and was responsible for the landscape gardens, which draw inspiration from the work of Lancelot Capability Brown. Brown attended school at the estate village and almost certainly helped design the pleasure grounds surrounding Rothley Lake. In 1777 the Blackett line died out and the estate passed to the Trevelyan family who created a magnificent walled garden reached by sinuous paths through the woodland. Sir Walter Trevelyan was an avid plant collector and he gathered a collection of rare species from around the globe. During the late Victorian period, Lady Pauline Trevelyan turned Wallington into an artistic centre, drawing figures in the arts and literature to her home, among them leading lights of the Pre-Raphaelite movement and radical liberal political thinkers from John Ruskin to poet Algernon Swinburne. It is within the council area of Northumberland.
Historic England Grade I Listed 1042869.

Place Type: Restoration House
Historic County: Northumberland
Lat, Long: 55.152049,-1.9563479
Grid Reference: NZ 0288 8419
Civil Parish: Wallington Demesne CP
Council Area: Northumberland CA
Strategic Authority Area: North East SA
Police Area: Northumbria PA

GBPN ID: 305381
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Wallington_Hall,_Northumberland_305381

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