Kirkley Hall
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Photograph November 2010
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 Kirkley Hall
 Kirkley Hall shown within Northumberland |
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| OS grid reference | NZ150773 |
| Coordinates | 55°05′21″N 1°45′58″W / 55.0891°N 1.7660°WCoordinates: 55°05′21″N 1°45′58″W / 55.0891°N 1.7660°W |
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Kirkley Hall is a 17th-century historic country mansion and Grade II listed building situated on the bank of the River Blyth at Kirkley, near Ponteland in the heart of the Northumberland countryside, which is now an Horticultural and Agricultural training centre.
The manor of Kirkley was granted to the de Eure family in 1267 and Sir William Eure was recorded as in occupation of a tower house there in 1415. In the early 17th century the manor came into the ownership of the Ogle family and in 1632 Cuthbert Ogle built a new manor house close to the site of the old house. A stone lintel preserved over a doorway in the present house bears this date, and the initials and arms of Cuthbert Ogle and his wife Dorothy Fenwick.
Substantial alterations were made to the structure in 1764 by Newton Ogle (1726–1804), Dean of Winchester, who also in 1788 erected an obelisk in the grounds commemorating the accession of William and Mary in 1689.
The house was substantially rebuilt by The Reverend John Saville Ogle in about 1832.
Notable members of the Ogle family connected with Kirkley include Admiral Sir Chaloner Ogle and Sir Chaloner Ogle, 1st Baronet. See also Baron Ogle and Ogle Baronets.
The Ogles disposed of their Kirkley estates in 1922. The Hall which passed to Sir William Noble (later Lord Kirkley) was damaged by fire in 1929 and largely rebuilt by him on a somewhat reduced scale.
Out of sight of the hall is a walled garden. This trapezoidal plot of about 60m X 80m was built with 3m high brick walls. The north wall was heated by coal fires, so the whole plot would be several degrees warmer than the surrounding estate. In addition it had greenhouses and frames. It was protected from winds and frosts, thus valuable for the bringing-on of seedlings and the early product of crops, and their provision throughout the year.
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