Beaufront Castle

Beaufront Castle

Beaufront Castle is a privately owned 19th century country house near Sandhoe, Northumberland, England. It is a Grade I listed building. [http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=N8652 Keys to The Past] ]

A pele tower was recorded at Beaufront in 1415. [ [http://homepage.mac.com/philipdavis/English%20sites/2792.html Gatehouse Gazetteer] ] . Dorothy Carnaby, heiress to the estate in the 16th century, married Gilbert Errington [ "Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland" Pt I (1862) p433 Google Books] , and the Erringtons built a new house in the 17th century.

The property was acquired by the Cuthbert family in the early 19th century and the present imposing castellated Gothic revival style mansion was built, incorporating parts of the 17th century house, between 1836 and 1841 to the design of architect John Dobson. William Cuthbert was High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1860.

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* [http://www.sandhoe.info/Castlea.htm Detailed 1969 architectural description by English Heritage from 1976 Country Life article]


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