Newbrough Hall is an early 19th century country house at Newbrough

Newbrough

 Newbrough is a village in Northumberland, England. The village lies on the north bank of the River South Tyne about west of Hexham.- History :...

, about 5 miles (8 km) west of Hexham

Hexham

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, Northumberland

Northumberland

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, England

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. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Newbrough was anciently part of the Manor of Thornton. The medieval tower house

Tower house

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 known as Thornton Tower was reported to be in a state of decay in a survey in 1541. The Grade II listed building is now completely ruinous.

The estate was held by John Armstrong in 1692 and by John Bacon in the early 18th century. By due descent the property passed to Bacon's great grandson, the Reverend Henry Wastell, in 1811.

Wastell built a new house adjacent to the old tower, to a design by architect John Dobson

John Dobson (architect)

John Dobson was a 19th-century English architect in the neoclassical tradition. He became the most noted architect in the North of England. Churches and houses by him dot the North East - Nunnykirk Hall, Meldon Park, Mitford Hall, Lilburn Tower, St John the Baptist Church in Otterburn,...

 in 1812. The estate later passed to his daughter and her husband of 1901, Colonel Coulson. They commissioned architect Francis William Deas (1862–1951) to modernise the house in 1902. The resulting two storey house, with five bays of which the central was pediment

Pediment

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ed, was extended with two rear wings attached to the 1813 coach house to create a central courtyard. The house was equipped with electricity for which purpose a detached power house was erected in the grounds. (The power house, now a separate dwelling, is Grade II listed).

Coulson's daughter married Walter Benson, High Sheriff of Northumberland

High Sheriff of Northumberland

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 in 1917. William Archer Benson was High Sheriff

High Sheriff

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in 1951. The Benson family remained in residence until 1999. The house is occupied by their descendants who offer holiday accommodation.