Gaston Grange

Gaston Grange was part of the Bentworth Hall estate until the 1950s.

In the late 19th century, Emma Gordon-Ives owned the estate. In 1890^[1] her son Colonel Gordon Maynard Gordon-Ives built Gaston Grange east of the current Bentworth Hall.

In 1914, his son Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Gordon lived in Gaston Grange. He served in the First World War and was also a politician dealing with Northern Ireland matters, dying in July 1923.^[2]

After his death, the Bentworth Hall Estate was offered for sale by Messrs John D Wood & Co. and at this time consisted of 479 acres (194 ha). The house once had a grand ballroom which was removed in the 1920s.^[1]

The white painted house has masonry walls, a timber pitched roof with blue grey slate, and a wooden staircase made by the Devon-based firm Dart & Francis.^[1] Gaston Grange has been updated in recent times.^[1]