Summary
Peter Adams meets a woman whose historic home is a popular destination for visitors to Durham.
In these cynical times, it is refreshing to be in the company of someone who is as passionate about something as Maggie Bell is about her captivating and historic home.See the full content of this document
Extract
A Favourite Haunt
Standing on a hill on the north bank of the River Wear and set in four acres of gardens, which delightfully seem bent on smothering the ancient buildings they surround, Crook Hall is one of the oldest inhabited houses in Durham City, and also one of its best kept secrets.
Crook Hall's origins date back to at least 1217 when it is recorded that the then Archdeacon of Durham granted his son Aimery the manor of Sydgate. Aimery then transferred ownershi...See the full content of this document
Sponsored links
