ABSTRACT
Wellington is a country house in Northumberland, England. Like Belsay to the south and other local halls, it began as a stronghold tower up in the moorland middle marches of the border county. Now the only remains of the medieval tower are in the cellars. With its Tudor house it was demolished in the eighteenth century to make way for the present mansion, overflowing with rich rococo plasterwork, set in parkland. Built with the coal fortunes of the Blacketts, it was the family home of the Trevelyans, a family with political and intellectual aspirations.
