Meldon Park

[1] In 1832, Isaac Cookson commissioned architect John Dobson to replace the old manor, which stood on the banks of the River Wansbeck, with a new mansion, which was completed in 1835.

[1] During the 20th century, extensive internal improvements and embellishments were carried out by Edwin Lutyens.

[1] The Manor of Meldon was anciently held by the Fenwick family from whom it passed by marriage to the Radclyffes.

[2] James Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater lost the estate to the Crown following his attainder for treason in the 1715 Jacobite rising.

[3] The Crown granted the estate to the Greenwich Hospital, by whom it was sold in 1832 for £55,000 to Isaac Cookson, a wealthy Newcastle upon Tyne merchant.