Although often over-shadowed by better known southern examples, the North East has a surprising number of country houses.

Richard Pears will talk about their evolution from Tudor times to the present, looking at their architecture, treasures and people (above and below stairs) whose wealth and work sustained the ‘big house’’.

‘The Country Houses of North East England’ talk is on Thursday 14th December at 7.30pm in Middridge Village Hall. Everyone is most welcome, including non members