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Rock Hall is a privately owned 18th-century country house, now occupied by a school, at Rock, Rennington, near Alnwick, Northumberland (). It is a Grade II * listed building.〔( Alnwick DC Listed building description )〕 ==History== The Manor of Rock was owned by several Northumbrian families, Rock, Swinhoe, Lawson, Salkeld (1620-1705), Proctor and Holford, until the marriage of Charlotte Holford, heiress of Rock, to Charles Bosanquet in 1796 brought the estate into the Bosanquet family.〔( Genuki )〕 There was a house on the estate from the 14th century. The south wing was converted to a tower house in the 15th century and the whole was remodelled by the Salkelds in the 17th century.〔( Keys to the Past )〕〔( Gatehouse Gazetteer )〕〔 The house was badly damaged by fire in 1752,〔 but was restored about 1820 by Charles Bosanquet (High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1828) when architect John Dobson created a new and unusual south front with two semi-octagonal bays.〔 A new north-west wing was added by architect F.R. Wilson in the mid 19th century.〔 Members of the Bosanquet family born at Rock include scientist Robert Bosanquet, Admiral Sir Day Bosanquet and philosopher Bernard Bosanquet. Professor Robert Carr Bosanquet, an archaeologist, also lived at Rock Hall. In 1881 the estate comprised , employing 44 staff on the land and 11 in the house.〔( 1881 census from Family Search )〕 From 1929 to 1939 the house was leased by Helen Christian Sutherland, an art patron and friend to well known writers and intellectuals. During her residence the house displayed much of her art collection and often hosted her circle of friends, including David Jones and Ben Nicholson 〔(www.sclews.me.uk ) Retrieved 30 November 2013〕 〔(The Tablet, 19 December 1970 ) Retrieved 30 November 2013〕 and members of the Ashington Group.〔(timelinetheatre.com ) Retrieved 30 November 2013〕 From the mid 20th century the house was let out for use as a Youth Hostel and more recently as a Preparatory School.〔( Rock Hall School )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rock Hall, Northumberland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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