Causey Park House is a 16th-century former manor house with

Grade II listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

status situated at

Causey Park Causey may refer to: Places * Causey, England, a village in County Durham, England *Causey Mounth, an ancient drovers' road over the coastal fringe ofAberdeenshire, Scotland *Causey, New Mexico, a village in Roosevelt County, New Mexico, United S ...

Northumberland Northumberland () is a county in Northern England, one of two counties in England which border with Scotland. Notable landmarks in the county include Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle, Hadrian's Wall and Hexham Abbey. It is bordered by land on ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

. The Manors of Ogle (owned by the

Ogle family The Ogle family were prominent landed gentry in Northumberland, England. The earliest appearances of the family name were written Hoggel, Oggehill, Ogille and Oghill.Burke, B. & Burke, J. B. (1863). ''A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the ...

), and Causey Park and

Bothal Bothal is a village in Northumberland, in England. It is situated between Morpeth and Ashington. There is a castle, a church, a vicarage opposite the church gates, some stepping stones over the River Wansbeck, and a few houses. Bothal was the ...

(owned by the Bertrams) were merged by the marriage of Robert Ogle and Ellen Bertram in the 14th century. The house was built in 1589 for James Ogle on the site of an earlier Bertram house which incorporated a

pele tower Peel towers (also spelt pele) are small fortified keeps or tower houses, built along the English and Scottish borders in the Scottish Marches and North of England, mainly between the mid-14th century and about 1600. They were free-standing ...

. Early masonry remains evident despite considerable extension and remodelling during the 18th and 19th centuries. The

remained on the estate for over 400 years until it was sold in 1854 to John Hogg. The property is now a working farm which offers holiday accommodation

References

External links

The Gatehouse Gazetteer

Keys to the Past
Houses completed in 1589 Towers completed in the 16th century Grade II listed buildings in Northumberland Country houses in Northumberland History of Northumberland Peel towers in Northumberland {{Northumberland-struct-stub