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Robert Trollope

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Name
  
Robert Trollope


Role
  
Architect

Structures
  
Christ Church, North Shields

Robert Trollope was a 17th-century English architect, born in Yorkshire, who worked mainly in Northumberland and Durham.

His work includes:-

  • Eshott Hall about 1660
  • Capheaton Hall 1667-8
  • Cliffords Fort, North Shields 1672
  • Callaly Castle 1676
  • St Hilda's Church, South Shields 1675
  • Guildhall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
  • Netherwitton Hall 1685
  • 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

    References

    Robert Trollope Wikipedia