Bessie Surtees House, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear

A 16th century five-storey, timber-framed merchants house, now united with Milbank House. The house is famous as being the house from which Bessie Surtees, a merchant's daughter, eloped with John Scott the future Lord Eldon and Chancellor of England (1771). This property is now in the care of English Heritage (2010).

Location

Tyne and Wear Newcastle upon Tyne

Period

Tudor (1485 - 1602)

Tags

house timber framed architecture tudor (1485 - 1602) english heritage