Documenting the architectural heritage of North-East England to support its conservation.
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🚨 Check out my #localhistory books on #NewcastleUponTyne & the #NorthEast . All profits to @GreatNorthCH . All 7 books are 200page affairs & can be found displayed on my blog at newcastle-history.blogspot.c… or at linktr.ee/historymick Hope you enjoy them, & thank you! #Newcastle
Gisborough Hall on the edge of the North York Moors was built by Admiral Thomas Chaloner in 1857. It was designed by Samuel Sanders Teulon or possibly his younger brother William Milford Teulon in Jacobean style.
The Rose and Crown Hotel at Romaldkirk, County Durham, is a historic eighteenth-century coaching inn. Built of sandstone, it overlooks the village green and retains an atmospheric interior. Above the door is a frieze bearing the date 1733.
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Once an icon of Middlesbrough, the Royal Exchange was a palatial venue for the trading of iron, the lifeblood of the town. The architect was Charles John Adams of Stockton. The inspiration came from the town palaces erected by the wealthy merchants of the Italian Renaissance.
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Middlesbrough's clock and water tower (1903-4) is the only remnant of the buildings that once served the busy coal port. It provided the hydraulic pressure needed to operate the lock gates and other dock machinery.
Forthcoming publication from the Surtees Society, the diary of W. G. Footitt, who worked for the major Gothic Revival architect Charles Hodgson Fowler of Durham - boydellandbrewer.com/book/th…
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Love #architecture?
Get your tickets for the Friends' Lecture Series: 'Creating Georgian churches in northern England 1700-1830' by Richard Pears, 23rd September, 7pm #DurhamCathedral.
Open to all.
Book Tickets Now at: at friendsofdurhamcathedral.co.…
#Durham #Talk
The Grand Hotel, #Hartlepool. This Victorian behemoth was designed by James Garry of West Hartlepool in 1898. Built for G. H. Ducksbury by J. Howe & Co., it was primarily intended for 'commercial men' visiting the town on business.
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In Northumberland you often see the county flag being flown in quite a lot of places. People even put flag stickers on their car. The design dates from the 7th century with origins of St Oswald’s burial. It is the oldest flag in Britain.
Industrialist Charles Mitchell purchased ‘West Jesmond’ from Richard Burdon-Sanderson II in 1869. The house had been remodelled by John Dobson and Thomas Oliver Jr. Mitchell commissioned Thomas Ralph Spence to carry out further alterations, renaming it Jesmond Towers.
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Save the date: Tue 23rd September, 7pm.
Our Friends' Lecture Series returns with 'Creating Georgian churches in northern England 1700-1830' by Richard Pears
Book Tickets at friendsofdurhamcathedral.co.…
#Durham #Event #Talk #DurhamCathedral
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PUBLICATION DAY for God is an Englishman! "Of making many books there is no end" but at least this one is done and out in the world. I don't know if it contains wisdom more precious than rubies... /1
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Our books - North East Memories, North East Life in the 1960s, Amazing People & Places and Ghosts, Mysteries & Curiosities are back on sale again from our website. summerhillbooks.co.uk
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Remember to check out my #localhistory books on #NewcastleUponTyne and the #NorthEast in general. All profits to @GreatNorthCH of course. All 5 books are 200page affairs & can be found displayed on my blog at newcastle-history.blogspot.c… Hope you enjoy them, and cheers! #Newcastle
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Calling all church enthusiasts! Join Andrew Ziminski (@natchjourneyman) as he talks about #ChurchGoing, his guide to the churches of the British Isles, at the @hexhambookfest. Details below!
📅 Sun 11th May
🕛 12:45–1:45pm
📌 Hexham Library
🎟️ tinyurl.com/4k2sybrc
ALT A graphic with a yellow background featuring the cover of Church Going by Andrew Ziminski, alongside a photo of the author himself. The text on the graphic reads, 'Hexham Book Festival. Andrew Ziminski – Church Going. Sunday 11th May, 12:45-1:45pm. Sponsored by Vindolanda, Charitable Trust.'
The spectacular Romanesque interior of All Saints' Church, Woodlands, a miners' model village near Doncaster. The church was designed by Durham architect C.H. Fowler in 1908 and revised by his successor W.H. Wood in 1911-3.
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Special Sunday opening to welcome back our classic car enthusiasts. Also a good opportunity to visit our exhibitions and cafe in the centre.
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You can help by writing to your MP - here’s a template letter. nationalchurchestrust.org/le…
Need to keep campaigning for critical government funding for repairs and conservation of listed places of worship - cut & capped & uncertain future.
Regional ITV news Friday 28 March #BishopAndrewRumsey & me quoting @NatChurchTrust @StJohnsW14, our local Grade 1 listed church
The work of North-East architects extends beyond the borders of our region. The new chapel of St Paul's Training College, Cheltenham was designed by Charles Hodgson Fowler of Durham and opened on 11 June 1910.
#Durham, #Cheltenham
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