Adderstone Hall

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Adderstone Hall (grid reference NU141303) is a privately owned Georgian style mansion situated on the bank of the River Warn near Lucker, Northumberland. It is a Grade II* listed building from which the present owners operate a holiday park.

Adderstone was held by the Forster family, Governors of Bamburgh Castle from the 12th century. A pele tower of which no trace now remains existed on or close to the site in 1415. Thomas Forster (1659-1725), High Sheriff of Northumberland, built a new manor house in the early 18th century. The Forsters lived on the estate for over 600 years until they were ruined by the financial excesses of Sir William Forster (d 1700) and the involvement of Thomas Forster (1683-1738) in the Jacobite uprising of 1715.

The property was acquired by John W Bacon in 1763. The present hall was built by him in 1819 to a design by architect William Burn