Wynyard Chapel
Reference: EP/Wyn Catalogue Title: Wynyard Chapel Area: Catalogue Category: Ecclesiastical Parish Records Description:
Covering Dates: 1906-2018
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Wynyard Park, which extends over 325 acres, contains several lakes. The house is a large building of two stories in the classic style, with portico supported by Corinthian columns. Its erection was begun in 1841, following a fire on 19 February of the same year, in which the former house, which had only been begun in 1822 from the designs of Philip Wyatt, and was nearing completion, was destroyed. Surtees, writing about 1823, describes the older house as 'one of the most handsome and convenient mansions in the district,' standing 'without much advantage of prospect.' (fn. 2) The chapel, designed by James Brooks, was built in 1880 and altered and enlarged in 1903-5. The sculpture gallery is 120 ft. long by 80 ft. in width. On the highest ground of the park is an obelisk 127 ft. in height, erected to commemorate the visit of the Duke of Wellington in 1827.
From: 'Parishes: Grindon', A History of the County of Durham: Volume 3 (1928), pp. 247-254. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42629&strquery=wynyard hall Date accessed: 20 December 2013.
Generations of Londonderrys played host to royalty, aristocrats, families, politicians, generals, writers and artists. Subsequent holders of the title, particularly the 5th, 6th and 7th Marquesses, further developed the chapel, gardens and estate. However, as the 20th century rolled on, crippling death duties and loss of mining income took their toll. The 9th Marquess, having inherited the title in 1955, aged 18, found himself unable to maintain the Londonderry family seat.
In 1987, he sold the Wynyard Estate to Sir John Hall. Property developer and former owner of Newcastle United football club, Sir John immediately embarked on an £8.5m renovation programme, restoring the hall and parkland to its former opulence. In 2008, with a further £3.5 million investment, his daughter Allison turned Wynyard Hall into the luxurious, four-star country house hotel which welcomes visitors today.
http://www.wynyardhall.co.uk/about/history extracted 20 December 2013
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