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14 Comments CherryPie on Feb 6th 2017
The manor house was radically altered in the nineteenth century, and remained a family home until 1953.*
The present condition of the manor house interior is the result of extensive dry rot that nearly destroyed the building forty years ago. Wooden plugs in the walls reveal where damaged panelling was stripped away. The ground floor and [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Feb 4th 2017
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Alnwick 2016
Brinkburn Priory
Brinkburn Priory lies in a secluded and enchanting setting, tucked away in woodland within loop of the River Coquet. It was founded in the 1130s as a community of Augustinian canons, although the earliest surviving buildings date from the end of the twelfth century. Never a wealthy house, and frequently troubled by Scottish raids, it [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Feb 3rd 2017
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Newcastle & Alnwick 2016
Walled Garden – Wallington
22 Comments CherryPie on Feb 1st 2017
Filed under Holidays, Newcastle & Alnwick 2016
Landscape Views – Wallington
18 Comments CherryPie on Jan 31st 2017
Filed under Holidays, Newcastle & Alnwick 2016
Woodland Walk – Wallington
12 Comments CherryPie on Jan 30th 2017
Filed under Art, Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Alnwick 2016
The Central Hall – Wallington
The walls in the central hall at Wallington art covered in Pre-Raphaelite paintings by William Bell Scott. The paintings depict scenes from great moments in the history of Northumberland.
The result is a triumph of Pre-Raphaelite art, a colourful and vividly refreshing Victorian idealised vision of history, from the age of Celtic saints to the industrial [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Jan 28th 2017
