Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GIBSIDE

GIBSIDE, the seat of W. Hutt, Esq., on the N border of Durham; on the river Derwent, 6 miles SW of Gateshead. It is an embattled edifice of Jacobæan character; and it contains some valuable pictures, and stands amid beautiful and picturesque grounds.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "the seat"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: County Durham Ancient County
Place: Gibside

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