Belsay Hall Castle and grounds walk with me

1 month ago
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not the full walk but quite a lot of it which i hope you will enjoy.
The colours at this time of year are amazing.
The main English Heritage site is here if you want to browse :-
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/v...

Belsay Hall is a Regency style country house located at Belsay, Northumberland. It is regarded as the first British country house to be built entirely in the new Greek revival style. It is a Grade I listed building. It was built to supersede Belsay Castle and its adjoining earlier hall and is part of the same estate.
The house was built between 1810 and 1817 for Sir Charles Monck (then of Belsay Castle close by) to his own design, possibly assisted by architect John Dobson. It is built in ashlar with a Lakeland slate roof in the Greek Doric style. Monck modelled his design on the style of buildings he had seen during his two-year honeymoon in Greece, particularly the Temple of Hephaestus in Athens.

The house measures 100 feet (30 m) square, with a lower kitchen wing attached to the north side. Externally the house appears to have two stories, although there is an additional storey hidden within the roof space to provide servant accommodation.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to watch.

Music courtesy of Alexander Nakarada (creatorchords.com)

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