Mitford Hall

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Mitford Hall
Northumberland
Lodge and gates near Mitford.jpg
Lodge and gates to Mitford Hall
Location
Grid reference: NZ164855
Location: 55°9’48"N, 1°44’34"W
Village: Mitford
History
Built 1828
For: Shepherd family
by John Dobson
Country house
Information
Owned by: Shepherd family

Mitford Hall is a Georgian mansion house and Grade II* listed building standing in its own 85-acre park overlooking the River Wansbeck at Mitford in Northumberland.

The house was built in 1828 by the Mitford family to a design by architect John Dobson, to replace their old home, Mitford Old Manor House, on the opposite side of the river.

Since 1993 it has been owned by Shepherd Offshore, the Shepherd family business run by Bruce and Freddy Shepherd.

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