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Robert Trollope (d.1686)
Robert Trollope (some sources spell as Trollop) was an archtect who worked mainly in Northumberland and County Durham. He was originally born in York to a family of stonemasons. Trollope built the Exchange and Guildhall for the Corporation of Newcastle from 1655 and 1658. Trollope died in 1686 and was buried at St Mary's Church in Gateshead. His mausoleum, later taken on by the Green family, is located to the east of the church yard.
Robert Trollope's work included:
Bockenfield Farmhouse c.1660
Eshott Hall c.1660
Capheaton Hall 1667-8
Cliffords Fort, North Shields 1672
Callaly Castle 1676
Christ Church, North Shields (by Robert Morley, completed by Trollope)
St Hilda's Church, South Shields 1675 (restoration by Trollope)
Exchange and Guildhall, Newcastle (later altered / remodelled)
Netherwitton Hall 1685
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Eshott Hall
- Official Website of Eshott Hall - hotel and wedding venue
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Callaly Castle
- Image c/o Wikipedia Commons. Cropped version of original photograph by Mick Garratt, 2006.
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St. Hilda's Church, South Shields
- "Printed in Saxony in "Gelatined Sepia with Blue Sky", and published by Woolstone Bros. of London in their Milton Series". Postcard from 'Pictures of Gateshead and the Surrounding Area' by …
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Netherwitton Hall
- Overview About Netherwitton Hall Map Street View Netherwitton Hall is a grand country House, built in 1685, by Robert Trollope for Sir Nicholas Thornton.[1] It is located to the north …
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Capheaton Hall
- Overview About Capheaton Hall Map Street View Capheaton Hall, near Wallington, Northumberland, is an English country house, the seat of the Swinburne Baronets and a childhood home of the …
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Clifford's Fort
- Overview History of Clifford's Fort Map Street View Clifford's Fort was a gun battery and military barracks built to defend the mouth of the River Tyne, at the east of …
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Callaly Castle
- Overview About Callaly Castle Aerial View Callaly Castle is a Grade I listed building and a substantial country house to the north of the village of Callaly, which is …
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Guildhall
- Overview Map Street View "The east end of this complex building is a neo-Grecian remodelling of a medieval building, completed by Dobson in 1823-5. The main structure was built in …
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Christ Church
- Overview About Christ Church Map Street View Christ Church, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, England is an Anglican church in the parish of North Shields Christ Church, diocese of …
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032819:Christ Church North Shields unknown c.1900
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Netherwitton Hall, Northumberland
- "...…when marrying into the Thornton family who themselves had lived here for three centuries and had commissioned the Hall c.1685. A rigourously crisp rectangular block, the Grade I listed house …
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Simon Cotterill
from http://www.eshotthall.co.uk/
Eshott Hall
- Official Website of Eshott Hall - hotel and wedding venue
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from https://commons.wikimedia.org…
Callaly Castle
- Image c/o Wikipedia Commons. Cropped version of original photograph by Mick Garratt, 2006.
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from http://picturesofgateshead.co…
St. Hilda's Church, South Shields
- "Printed in Saxony in "Gelatined Sepia with Blue Sky", and published by Woolstone Bros. of London in their Milton Series". Postcard from 'Pictures of Gateshead and the Surrounding Area' by …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
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Netherwitton Hall
- Overview About Netherwitton Hall Map Street View Netherwitton Hall is a grand country House, built in 1685, by Robert Trollope for Sir Nicholas Thornton.[1] It is located to the north …
  Co-Curate Page
Capheaton Hall
- Overview About Capheaton Hall Map Street View Capheaton Hall, near Wallington, Northumberland, is an English country house, the seat of the Swinburne Baronets and a childhood home of the …
  Co-Curate Page
Clifford's Fort
- Overview History of Clifford's Fort Map Street View Clifford's Fort was a gun battery and military barracks built to defend the mouth of the River Tyne, at the east of …
  Co-Curate Page
Callaly Castle
- Overview About Callaly Castle Aerial View Callaly Castle is a Grade I listed building and a substantial country house to the north of the village of Callaly, which is …
  Co-Curate Page
Guildhall
- Overview Map Street View "The east end of this complex building is a neo-Grecian remodelling of a medieval building, completed by Dobson in 1823-5. The main structure was built in …
  Co-Curate Page
Christ Church
- Overview About Christ Church Map Street View Christ Church, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, England is an Anglican church in the parish of North Shields Christ Church, diocese of …
from Newcastle libraries (flickr)
032819:Christ Church North Shields unknown c.1900
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from https://handedon.wordpress.co…
Netherwitton Hall, Northumberland
- "...…when marrying into the Thornton family who themselves had lived here for three centuries and had commissioned the Hall c.1685. A rigourously crisp rectangular block, the Grade I listed house …
Added by
Simon Cotterill