Château de Ford

Le château de Ford est un bâtiment classé Grade I situé à un point de passage peu profond sur la rivière Till, à Ford, dans le Northumberland, en Angleterre.

1. Histoire

Le château date d'environ 1278. Le propriétaire, William Heron, obtient une licence pour créneler le château en 1338. Il est capturé par les Écossais en 1385 et démantelé par eux. Cependant, au début du XVIe siècle, il est reconstruit et fortifié. Il est pris par Jacques IV d'Écosse à la veille de la bataille de Flodden en 1513. Le château passe de la famille Heron à la famille Carr par mariage en 1549 et de nouveau par mariage à Francis Blake de Cogges, Oxfordshire dans les années 1660. Blake construit un important manoir de style Tudor au sein du château en 1694. À la mort de Blake en 1717, le domaine Ford passe au mari de sa défunte fille Mary, puis en 1723 à son fils Francis Blake Delaval (1692-1752). En 1761, John Delaval, 1er baron Delaval (1728-1808) reconstruit la maison avec l'aide de l'architecte George Raffield dans un style gothique.

À sa mort, la propriété passe à sa petite-fille Susannah qui a épousé le marquis de Waterford. En 1862, Louisa, marquise douairière de Waterford (décédée en 1891), veuve du 3e marquis, restaure et modifie considérablement la maison. Le château est acquis en 1907 par le magnat des mines de charbon James Joicey, 1er baron Joicey, et reste dans sa famille. En 1956, il est loué au conseil du comté de Northumberland comme centre résidentiel pour jeunes. En 2022, le château est acquis par PGL qui exploite désormais le site comme centre d'activités de plein air proposant des sorties résidentielles pour les écoles, les groupes et les jeunes.

1. Références

(en) Cet article est partiellement ou en totalité issu de l’article de Wikipédia en anglais intitulé « Ford Castle » (voir la liste des auteurs). Château de Ford 1 Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, Le livre des châteaux de David et Charles, David et Charles, 1980. (ISBN 0-7153-7976-3)

1. Liens externes

Ressource relative à l'architecture : National Heritage List for England

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Ford Castle

Ford Castle is a Grade I listed building situated at a shallow crossing point on the River Till, Ford, Northumberland, England.

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Lady Waterford Hall

Lady Waterford Hall is the former village school of the estate village of Ford, Northumberland. It is now used as the village hall and is a Grade II* listed building. The hall was built as a school in 1860 by Louisa Beresford, Marchioness of Waterford, who inherited the village after the death of her husband. It is constructed in a Tudor style of stone with a slate roof. The 9-bay roof is supported by scissor braces. The interior walls are decorated throughout with murals on biblical themes painted by Lady Louisa herself, a gifted amateur artist, using the schoolchildren and local villagers as models. They were painted over a 20-year period on paper and affixed to the walls. At the east end is a large "Jesus in the midst of the doctors" and at the west end a large "Suffer little children to come unto me". It was used as a school until 1957 and at its peak housed 134 children. Now used as a village hall, it is available for hire, but otherwise open to view from 10.30 a.m.

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Ford, Northumberland

Ford is a small village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, about 13 miles (21 km) from Berwick-upon-Tweed. The parish also includes Etal.

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Heatherslaw Mill

Heatherslaw Mill is a water mill situated on the Ford and Etal Estate, 7 miles north of the town of Wooler in the English county of Northumberland. It is a restored 19th century water driven cornmill. Traditional methods and original machinery powered by the River Till are used to grind locally grown wheat into wholemeal flour. Its huge water wheel, mill stones and gearing are all visible. Freshly milled flour and local "Berwick Biscuits" are on sale in its gift shop whilst the mill cafe serves country fare.

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Ford Forge

Ford Forge (Ford Mill), Northumberland, England is located on the River Till between the villages of Ford and Etal. Buildings housing a water-powered forge were constructed at this site by 1770. Throughout the nineteenth century the forge was used to manufacture shovels for Northumberland collieries. William Hutchinson, a contemporary author writing about Sir John Hussey Delaval's Ford estate which included Ford Forge, commented as follows. About a mile down the river, a Plating Forge was erected in 1769, where a large quantity of shovels, spades and other plate-iron works are made, as well for home consumption, as for exportation at the ports of Berwick, Newcastle, etc. The scheme, when carried to its intended extent, will be of great consequence to this part of the country. (from SINE project)

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