Griffin heads at Wallington Hall, Northumberland

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Once the site of a fortified house or castle belonging to the Fenwicks the estate was bought by Sir William Blackett in 1688 who built a relatively modest courtyard house that was a secondary residence to his grand house in Newcastle. The existing house and environs are largely the work of Walter Calverley a nephew Sir William Blackett s son who died early and without a legitimate heir. Under the terms of the will Walter Calverley took the Blackett name and arms and married Elizabeth Ord the illegitimate daughter of the second William Blackett. The griffin heads are thought to have come from Bishop s Gate London

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Size: 5455px × 4484px
Location: Wallington, Northumberland.
Photo credit: © Brownlow Brothers / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: blackett, east, english, estate, head, home, kingdom, monster, north, northumbria, northumbrian, palladian, stately, stonecarving, trevelyan, uk, united