Bessie Surtees House

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This picture shows the facades of two merchants' houses, dating from the 16th and 17th centuries, on Newcastle's Quayside. One is known as the Bessie Surtees House and was the scene in November 1772, of the elopement of Bessie with one John Scott who was later to become Lord Chancellor of England. The site is maintained by English Heritage and the Bessie Surtees House is open to the public from Monday-Friday 10am-4pm.

Bessie Surtees House

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Bessie Surtees House is the name given to two 16th and 17th century merchants' houses seen in the background of this picture. They are considered to be fine examples of Jacobean domestic architecture. The buildings, on Newcastle's Quayside, now house the regional offices of English Heritage.

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They are known as Bessie Surtees because it was from there that a young lady of that name eloped with one John Scott, who was later to become Lord Chancellor of England.

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