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Unthank Hall is a
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{{coord, 54, 57, 40, N, 2, 25, 25, W, type:landmark_region:GB, display=title Grade II listed buildings in Northumberland Country houses in Northumberland History of Northumberland
Unthank Hall is a Grade II listed
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property now serving as commercial offices, situated on the southern bank of the River South Tyne
The River Tyne is a river in North East England. Its length (excluding tributaries) is . It is formed by the North Tyne and the South Tyne, which converge at Warden Rock near Hexham in Northumberland at a place dubbed 'The Meeting of the Wat ...
east of Plenmeller, near Haltwhistle, Northumberland
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In the 16th century the manor was owned by the Ridley family and it is possible that the bishop and martyr Nicholas Ridley was born there.
The house, which was built in the 16th century, incorporating an ancient 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 ...
, was substantially remodelled and extended in 1815.
The Hall came into the ownership of the Dixon family and then by marriage to the Browns. Dixon Brown (1776–1852) changed his name in 1825 to Dixon Dixon, and his nephew Rev Dixon Dixon Brown rebuilt the Hall between 1862 and 1865.
The house was substantially remodelled in 1815 and again in 1865 in a neo-Tudor style, both times by Newcastle architect John Dobson. Much of the 1865 house has since between demolished by further alterations in 1900 and a significant reduction in size in 1965.
See also
*Hadrian's Wall
Hadrian's Wall ( la, Vallum Aelium), also known as the Roman Wall, Picts' Wall, or ''Vallum Hadriani'' in Latin, is a former defensive fortification of the Roman province of Britannia, begun in AD 122 in the reign of the Emperor Hadrian. R ...
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{{coord, 54, 57, 40, N, 2, 25, 25, W, type:landmark_region:GB, display=title Grade II listed buildings in Northumberland Country houses in Northumberland History of Northumberland