Large wooded riverside landscape garden. One of the North's finest landscapes, much of which is SSSI. Gibside is a 'forest garden' currently under restoration, embracing many miles of walks through woodland and beside the River Derwent. There are sev...
An extraordinary mix of architecture from over 7 centuries of Newcastle upon Tyne's history. The Holy Jesus Hospital survives amid 1960s city centre developments, displaying features from all periods of its 700-year existence. There are remains of th...
Striking Victorian lighthouse. Now boldly painted in red and white hoops, Souter lighthouse opened in 1871 and was the first to use alternating electric current, the most advanced lighthouse technology of its day. The engine room, light tower and kee...
Manor house associated with the family of George Washington. Washington Old Hall is a delightful stone-built 17th-century manor house, which incorporates parts of the original medieval home of George Washington's direct ancestors. It is from here tha...
Seaton Delaval Hall is an English baroque house, built between 1718 and 1728 for Admiral George Delaval. The house is regarded as the finest example of design by Sir John Vanbrugh; who also built Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard. Of particular not...
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