During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries there is evidence of a monastic house at the site, which was owned at the time by the Turpin family and then later by the Read Family. The property remai
ned in the hands of the Read Family for several generations until George Read eventually sold the site to Robert Bewicke in 1626. Robert Bewicke was a Merchant Venturer who was made Sheriff of Newcastle in 1615 and Mayor in 1628 and 1637. Thus began the long association of the Bewicke Family with Close House. In 1779 it was decided that a new building was required and the present Close House Mansion was built for Calverley and Mary Bewicke. It is a Georgian style house with a balanced and
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| Close House was built in 1779 for the private use of the Bewicke family; however, it’s history dates back almost 800 years, to the early thirteenth century. |
| During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries there is evidence of a monastic house at the site, which was owned at the time by the Turpin family and then later by the Read Family. The property remained in the hands of the Read Family for several generations until George Read eventually sold the site to Robert Bewicke in 1626. Robert Bewicke was a Merchant Venturer who was made Sheriff of Newcastle in 1615 and Mayor in 1628 and 1637. Thus began the long association of the Bewicke Family with Close House. In 1779 it was decided that a new building was required and the present Close House Mansion was built for Calverley and Mary Bewicke. It is a Georgian style house with a balanced and symmetrical layout, of 2 and a half storeys,with 5 bays to the front and the two adjacent sides. The front aspect, the southern, has a slight 3 bay projection with a pediment and ionic columns supporting the doorhead. The old monastic house was pulled down to make way for the new building. The large bay window of the ballroom marks the site of where it stood all those years ago. The fireplace in the Cocktail Lounge bears a monogram of CMB, possibly that of Calverley and Mary. The conservatory to the west of the house is contemporary with the house and also has 5 bays, with Tuscan style columns. |
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