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A nice church in the heart of Seaham

©Colin Keightley

The railway was originally built to connect Seaham Colliery, situated to the west of the town, with the Harbour for the east coast coal trade.

©Andrew Curtis

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©peter robinson

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©Andrew Curtis

Dist:0.3km<br/>On the 1404. The green belt in the photo lies along Dawdon Dene, a deep valley which separates New Seaham from Seaham Harbour.

©Oliver Dixon

Dist:0.4km<br/>When coal was exported from Tyne Dock this loaded coal train has come from Eassington pit down the coast. There is not a coal mine left in County Durham now. This is Seaham station on the line from Sunderland to Eaglescliffe and Teesside.

©roger geach

Dist:0.4km<br/>A pedestrianised shopping street. As an extensive part of the town nearby has become a large modern shopping mall and supermarket complex the traditional outlets here look like they are struggling to survive. The fake seagulls on the top of the lamp-posts and brightly coloured bicycle motifs make interesting features.

©Andrew Curtis

Dist:0.4km<br/>Managed as a Local Nature Reserve, this steep-sided valley in the centre of Seaham provides woodland, grassland and stream-side wildlife habitats
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©Andrew Curtis

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©Andrew Curtis

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©Alex McGregor

Dist:0.5km<br/>Statue to Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest Stewart, situated outside of what was the old police station in Seaham, County Durham.

©Carol Bleasdale

Dist:0.5km<br/>The bronze plaque in the foreground shows the plans drawn up for Seaham by the architect John Dobson for local developer Charles Stewart, the 3rd Marquess of Londonderry. Shortage of money after developing the harbour and railway connection meant that only a few of the elaborate buildings in this area of the town could actually be built.

©Andrew Curtis

Dist:0.5km<br/>The Londonderry building is on the right and buildings on North Terrace on the left.

©Andrew Curtis

Dist:0.5km<br/>The green is above the promontory at Featherbed Rocks. The white building just right of middle is Bath Terrace, 4 houses in a terrace built around 1830. It now seems a little near the cliff edge. The small building to the left is the Coastguard Station.

©Andrew Curtis

Dist:0.5km<br/>Former Police Station renamed Marquess Point; Listed building (converted into apartments) Police Station, former Londonderry Offices. c.1860. Snecked sandstone with ashlar quoins and Welsh slate roofs. Long narrow facade with irregular wings to rear. Modified classical style with C17 French motifs. Symmetrical street facade: 2 storeys, 5-bay centre and slightly projecting 4-bay wings. Ground floor: chamfered stone plinth; central rusticated porte-cochere; 4-pane sashes with horizontal glazing bars and raised sills; 3 blocked windows in left wing. String course between storeys. 1st floor windows have similar 4-pane sashes with raised sills on square brackets and eared architraves. Central projecting 2-stage clock tower above porte-cochere has raised quoins; tall corniced lower stage has round-headed window with Gibbs surround and keyed oculus above; short, narrow upper stage has corner consoles, 4 circular clock faces and, above a cornice, a slightly -pointed, lead-sheathed dome with 4 vertical, louvred oval openings. Continuous moulded eaves cornice. Flanking wings have low-pitched hipped roofs with flat tops and 3 round-arched dormers with double-keyed architraves. Irregular rear of building has round-arched windows, some with Gibbs surrounds, and many corniced ashlar stacks. Interior of building largely remodelled.
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Statue to Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry K.G., G.C.V.O. (1852-1915). 1915 by John Tweed. Sandstone plinth and pedestal and standing bronze figure. Square plinth on moulded stone base supports pedestal with sloping sides and moulded cornice. Pedestal bears inscription: This statue is placed here by his son and his daughter, amongst those whom he loved so well, and whose welfare and happiness were to him the principal objects of his life. Rear of pedestal has relief carving of the Londonderry Arms and bears the Garter motto and the family motto: METUENDA COROLLA DRACONIS. Slightly over life-size figure with sword and scroll wears the cloak of the Order of the Garter.
http://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-407593-statue-of-the-6th-marquess-of-londonderr

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