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Lambton Castle
Lambton Castle in the late 19th century

General information
Type	Stately home
Town or city	Chester-le-Street, County Durham
Country	England
Coordinates	54°52′01″N 1°32′10″W / 54.867°N 1.536°W / 54.867; -1.536 NZ298526
Designations	Grade II* listed building

Lambton Castle stands above Chester-le-Street, County Durham and is a stately home, the ancestral seat of the Lambton family, the Earls of Durham. It is listed in the mid-category of listed building, Grade II*.

History

Largely constructed as it is between 1820 and 1828 by John Lambton, first Earl of Durham and one-time Governor General of Canada, it was built around Harraton Hall, a 17th-century mansion. The castle was designed by architects Joseph Bonomi the Elder and his son Ignatius and built in the style of a Norman castle, as was the fashion of the time.^[1]

Later additions to the house built by Sydney Smirke in 1862–65, including the great hall, were largely demolished in 1932.^[1] The structure had suffered from subsidence.^[2] In the 1930s the family moved to the smaller Biddick Hall on the estate.^[3]

The park that surrounds the castle is bordered by a high wall. The family keep going its annual pheasant shoot. The grounds from 1972 until 1980 accommodated a venture which closed, Lambton Lion Park.^[4]

Later the family have sold Biddick Woods enabling a link road from the A182 to the A690 in Houghton-le-Spring and new business units.^[5]

In 2012, the castle was the setting of the BBC One drama The Paradise.^[6]

On 30 December 2015 plans for the estate's development were submitted to the local planning authority to help fund park upkeep and conservation, with a vision to turn the castle into a wedding venue, boutique hotel or both, aiming to spend £26 million to £28.5 million on building and labour. The plans were submitted by the Trustees of Lord Durham’s 1989 Voluntary Settlement, which manages the estate on behalf of the family.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "Lambton Castle". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
^ "BBC One - The Paradise - Locating Paradise". BBC.
^ "Lambton Estate July 2012". Durham County Council. Retrieved 21 February 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Lambton Estate near Chester-le-Street may open for tourists". The Northern Echo. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
^ "Development Plan". Durham Count Council. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
^ King, Hannah (25 September 2012). "The Paradise: Bringing the set to life". tv blog. bbc.co.uk.
^ "£28.5million rescue mission for historic Lambton estate – including new homes and jobs". Retrieved 21 February 2016.

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