Collingwood House is a late 18th-century Georgian house, having
Grade II* listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Hi ...
status, at Oldgate,
Morpeth,
Northumberland
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. It was the home of
Admiral Lord Collingwood from 1791 to his death at sea in 1810.
The house is now used as the presbytery for the priest at the nearby
Roman Catholic
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Church dedicated to St Robert of Newminster.
The house hosts an annual celebration to commemorate Trafalgar Day on 21 October, particularly the role played by Admiral Lord Collingwood, whose ship helped break the Spanish line at the
Battle of Trafalgar
The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval engagement that took place on 21 October 1805 between the Royal Navy and a combined fleet of the French Navy, French and Spanish Navy, Spanish navies during the War of the Third Coalition. As part of Na ...
.
References
External links
Keys to the Past
Grade II* listed buildings in Northumberland
Country houses in Northumberland
Morpeth, Northumberland
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