Listed Building Description
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The following amendments should be made to the entry for Newby Hall, Newby Park, Newby with Mulwith (Item 1/28):-
Line 1 of the list description should be amended to read:- 'Country house. Completed by 1697 (Morris, p97) for Sir Edward Blackett, possibly to.....
Line 62 of the list description should be amended to read:- 'organ, possibly by James 'Athaeneum' Stewart, stands against the south wall' .
Line 83 of the list description should be amended to read:- 'bookcases by Belwood remains in the withdrawing room, after extensive C19 and'....
Lines 146, 147, 148, 149, 150and 151 of the list description should be amended to read:- 'Royal and Fountains Abbey Estate of the Vyner family. Mary Vyner inherited Newby in 1915 having married Lord Alwyne Compton in 1866 (he died in 1911); they were the grandparents of the present owner. J Hodgson, History of Northumberland, (1827) Reprinted 1973, Vol 2, p 258. Robin Compton, Guide to Newby Hall, 1987. Jill Low, 'William Belwood: Architect and Surveyor', YAJ 56, 1984, p 131... read more