Seaton Delaval Hall is a National Trust property in Northumberland which we visited back in October when we went on a north of England road trip. Parts of the house are really just a shell as there was a fire there in 1822, there was some reconstruction work done but  there is no furniture in that part.

The rest of the house is grand though, I liked the staircases, there are two like this one. below. I took this from the bottom looking up.

We walked along this colonnade to get to the habitable part of the house.

Some unusual wall decorations in the shape of mirrors and eyes which reminded me of Elizabeth I’s dress which was embroidered with eyes – and ears too.

There’s a portrait of Henry VIII and …

Catherine Parr is close by.

I think that the National Trust uses the property as a sort of repository for many of their treasures. There are some cabinets like the one below, displaying early porcelain.