Bessie Surtees House is two merchants' houses on Newcastle's Quayside that were built in the 16th and 17th centuries. The buildings are a fine and rare example of Jacobean domestic architecture. An exhibition detailing the history of the buildings can be found on the first floor. The site is also home to the North East regional branch of English Heritage. Download high resolution version (917x1024, 256 KB)Bessie Surtees House, Quayside, Newcastle Upon Tyne. ... Download high resolution version (917x1024, 256 KB)Bessie Surtees House, Quayside, Newcastle Upon Tyne. ... This article is about a city in the United Kingdom. ... The term Jacobean refers to a period in English history that coincides with the reign of James I (1603 – 1625). ... Architecture (in Greek αρχή = first and τέχνη = craftsmanship) is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ... Northeast is the ordinal direction halfway between north and east. ... English Heritage is a United Kingdom government body with a broad remit of managing the historic environment of England. ...
The house is best known as the scene of the elopement of Bessie Surtees and John Scott, who later became Lord Chancellor. John Scott (1731-1783) of Amwell, Quaker poet and friend of Samuel Johnson John Scott, American (Missouri) politician John Scott (Pennsylvania politician), U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania John Scott, editor of the London Magazine, killed in a duel in 1821 John Scott (1874? - September 23, 1951), Canadian newspaper editor and... The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor and in former times Chancellor of England, is one of the most senior and important functionaries in the government of the United Kingdom. ...
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English Heritage: Bessie Surtees House information page (http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/default.asp?wci=mainframe&URL1=default.asp%3FWCI%3DNode%26WCE%3D811%26document_from%3Dhttp%253A//www.english-heritage.org.uk/filestore/visitsevents/asp/visits/Details.asp%253FProperty_Id%253D121)
Surtees formed the team in 1966 for the newly-formed CanAm series (an unlimited sports car series), with John winning the championship as an owner/driver in its first year.
Surtees ran the full 1970 season, but John was forced to run the first four races in an old McLaren because of a delay in the construction of his in-house F1 car.
Surtees added a second full time car in 1971 for German sports car ace Rolf Stommelen, and ran a third car for various drivers in a number of races.
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