Set within over 3,000 acres of farmland and forestry with multiple farm buildings we are delighted to introduce this absolutely stunning new location Chipchase Castle which is a marvellous Jacobean mansion near Wark, Northumberland, built onto one of the best-preserved medieval pele towers in the north of England. This amazing building steeped in history is …
Category: Northumberland Architecture
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Jun 07
Shortflatt Tower
Built in 1257 by Robert de Reymes during the time of the Reivers, Shortflatt Tower is a beautiful historic Pele Tower located near rural Belsay, Northumberland. The Tower has an impressive keep with 6ft walls. In April 1305 licence was granted to crenulate the Tower, which established Shortflatt as a fortified building. Shortflatt Tower has …
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Mar 19
Chillingham Castle
We are delighted to introduce this fantastic new and unique location Chillingham Castle. Chillingham Castle is a 13th century, Grade 1 Star-listed stronghold in Northumberland, famed for action and battles. With its fine rooms, gardens, lakes and fountains the castle has an extraordinary ownership bloodline which runs back to the 1200s. Chillingham Castle is well …
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Feb 25
The Old Manse
The Old Manse is a luxury five star gold, three en-suite bedroomed bed and breakfast set in its own grounds on the edge of the pretty Northumberland village of Chatton near Alnwick. This impressive stone built house dates back to 1874. The property retains some of the Victorian period finishes with modern-day additions. The house …
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Feb 17
Matfen Hall
Twenty five minutes drive from the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne and set in over 300 acres of Northumberland parkland, is Matfen Hall, a magnificent gothic house built in 1832 in an age of wealth and prosperity and set, as the best always were, in landscaped parkland. Move swiftly forward almost 175 years and you …
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Aug 06
Capheaton Hall
Capheaton Hall was designed and built in 1668 by Robert Trollope for Sir John Brown Swinburne, 1st Baronet. The influence being Italian with huge pilasters and highly decorated doors and window frames. All the carvings on the outer part of the walls tell a story from the celebrations of wars end, to agriculture to the …
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