Heddon House

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Heddon House

Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 3 Feb 2011

The house was built in the late C18th or early C19th. It was the manor house of West Heddon township in the parish of Heddon on the Wall. A former owner donated the building in 1921 to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in memory of their son, Charles William Weidner, RFA, who was killed at Ypres in 1917. It was used as a home of rest for the Roman Catholic poor of Northumberland and Durham, with accommodation for 35 persons, male and female, under the care of a matron. Residence was free and admission obtained through the recommendation of the Society. Now back in private hands with a newly laid out garden and (in 2011) up for sale at a guide price of £995,000. http://heddonhistory.weebly.com/2-west-heddon-township.html

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Image Location

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Latitude
55.006148
Longitude
-1.810791