Robert Trollope
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Robert Trollope was a 17th century English architect, born in Yorkshire, who worked mainly in Northumberland and Durham.
His work includes:-
He was buried at St Mary's Church, Gateshead
, Co Durham. He designed his own monument complete with statue and an inscription which is said to have read :-
Here lies Robert Trollop
Who made yon stones roll up
When death took his soul up
His body filled this hole up
His work includes:-
- Eshott HallEshott HallEshott Hall is a privately owned mansion house, a Grade II listed building, situated at Eshott, near Felton, Northumberland, England.Little is known of the first manor house at Eshott save that in 1310 Roger Mauduit was granted a licence to crenellate his moated house there and that the fortified...
about 1660 - Capheaton HallCapheaton HallCapheaton Hall, near Wallington, Northumberland, is an English country house, the seat of the Swinburne Baronets and the childhood home of the poet Algernon Swinburne. It counts among the principal gentry seats of Northumberland...
1667-8 - Cliffords Fort, North Shields 1672
- Callaly CastleCallaly CastleCallaly Castle is a Grade I listed building and a substantial country house to the north of the village of Callaly, which is some to the west of Alnwick, Northumberland, England.It is situated near the site of a 12th century motte castle...
1676 - St Hilda's Church, South Shields 1675
- Guildhall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- Netherwitton HallNetherwitton HallNetherwitton Hall is a privately owned mansion house, and a Grade I listed building situated at Netherwitton, near Morpeth, Northumberland.The estate was owned by the Thornton family from the 14th century. Margaret Thornton, heiress of Netherwitton, married Walter Trevelyan, second son of Sir...
1685
He was buried at St Mary's Church, Gateshead
Gateshead
Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear, England and is the main settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. Historically a part of County Durham, it lies on the southern bank of the River Tyne opposite Newcastle upon Tyne and together they form the urban core of Tyneside...
, Co Durham. He designed his own monument complete with statue and an inscription which is said to have read :-
Here lies Robert Trollop
Who made yon stones roll up
When death took his soul up
His body filled this hole up