County guide · The Stately Homes
Best houses in Northumberland
16 houses survive in Northumberland - among the highest concentrations of any English county, a legacy of thirteen centuries as the most fought-over border in Britain.
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Every house on this list - 4 in total
Cragside
Northumberland
Victorian house built for Lord Armstrong, the first in the world lit by hydroelectric power
Seaton Delaval Hall
Northumberland
Baroque mansion designed by Sir John Vanbrugh for the Delaval family
Belsay Hall
Northumberland
Greek Revival mansion built by the Middleton family in the early 19th century; shown unfurnished, standing separately from the older Belsay Castle on the same estate.
Wallington
Northumberland
17th-century house with a central hall added by the Pre-Raphaelite-influenced Trevelyan family