It is Grade II listed and is now operated by Peterlee Town Council as offices and a conference centre.

It lies in the west of the town of Peterlee, just east of the A19 road near the village of Old Shotton.

The Manor of Shotton, near Peterlee, County Durham, was owned by the Thompson family.

In 1756 the Thompson heiress, Elizabeth, married Charles Brandling and they commissioned the building of a new mansion to replace the existing manor house.

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