Mount Oswald

Mount Oswald is a country house in County Durham. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]

Mount Oswald in 1818
Entrance to the Mount Oswald estate

History

The house was built for John Richardby, a London merchant, in 1800. It was bought by Thomas Wilkinson, a former mayor of Durham, in 1806 and it then passed to the Rev Percival Spearman Wilkinson, a cousin, in 1828.[2] Percival Spearman Wilkinson commissioned Phillip Wyatt to expand the house in 1830.[3] The house was acquired by Durham City Golf Club in 1928, by North of England Estates, who operated it as a conference centre, in around 1970 and then by the Banks Group, property developers, in May 2014.[3] In August 2014 the Durham University acquired part of the site on Mount Oswald and entered into a contract with Banks Group to build accommodation for 1,000 students.[4][5]

In June 2019 Durham County Council revealed plans to move the county archives from County Hall to a new history centre, which will also accommodate the Durham Light Infantry Collection, at Mount Oswald.[6]

References
  1. "Mount Oswald (City Golf Club Clubhouse), Durham". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  2. "Exploring the countryside of Mount Oswald". Durham Times. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  3. "New occupants at historic Mount Oswald Manor House through innovative 'property guardians' project". Banks Group. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  4. Justin Villamil (5 August 2014). "University to build additional 1,000 beds on Mount Oswald site". Palatinate. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  5. "Durham university reaches agreement with the Banks Group for sale of land at Mount Oswald". The Banks Group. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  6. "Designs revealed for new Durham History Centre to house DLI collection". Northern Echo. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.

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