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Garden Gate Apartment

The balcony seating area at Garden Gate Apartment, Durham
The balcony seating area at Garden Gate Apartment, Durham | © National Trust / Mike Henton
The sitting room area at Garden Gate Apartment, Durham
The kitchen and dining area at Garden Gate Apartment, Durham

Garden Gate Apartment

A contemporary apartment with a balcony view of Crook Hall Gardens.

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The sitting room area at Garden Gate Apartment, Durham
The kitchen and dining area at Garden Gate Apartment, Durham
The balcony seating area at Garden Gate Apartment, Durham
The kitchen and dining area at Garden Gate Apartment, Durham
The double bedroom at Garden Gate Apartment, Durham
The double bedroom at Garden Gate Apartment, Durham
The twin bedroom at Garden Gate Apartment, Durham
The bathroom at Garden Gate Apartment, Durham
The bathroom at Garden Gate Apartment, Durham
The utility room at Garden Gate Apartment, Durham
The balcony seating area at Garden Gate Apartment, Durham
External view of Garden Gate Apartment, Durham
The private garden, with lawn, patio and outdoor furniture, for guests staying at Garden Gate Apartment, Durham
The private garden, with lawn, patio and outdoor furniture, for guests staying at Garden Gate Apartment, Durham
Crook Hall Gardens, Durham
Crook Hall Gardens, Durham
Crook Hall Gardens, Durham
Crook Hall Gardens, Durham
Crook Hall Gardens, Durham

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A contemporary apartment with a balcony view of Crook Hall Gardens.

  • Guests

    4

    Bedrooms

    2

    Acorn rating

    4What's this?

    Number of dogs welcome

    0

    Reference

    020041

    Garden Gate Apartment is a light, bright spot above the visitor café in a modern building on the edge of Crook Hall Gardens in Durham, an historically important and locally cherished place. From the apartment’s balcony, you’ll have a view across the maze and beautiful gardens, yours to explore after visitors go home for the day.

    Stairs lead up from a private entrance to the rooms on the first floor. There’s an open-plan kitchen, sitting and dining room, with a high pitched ceiling and glass doors leading onto the balcony seating area. There are two bedrooms, one king and one twin (which can be a superking on request), a family bathroom and utility room with an additional WC. 

    The apartment is just a 10-minute walk from Durham train station, and a 10-minute walk will also take you to the city centre.

    Crook Hall is a Grade I listed house with medieval hall recently taken into the care of the National Trust, providing a spectacular backdrop to Crook Hall Gardens. The gardens are open to the public, the house at Crook Hall is not.

    Layout

    Ground floor: Entrance with stairs up to first-floor apartment.

    First floor: Open-plan kitchen, dining and sitting room, with patio doors onto balcony. King-size bedroom. Twin bedroom, which can be made into a super-king on request. Bathroom with bath and walk-in shower. Utility and toilet.

    Outside space

    Balcony with outdoor furniture, overlooking the maze and gardens. As well as having access to Crook Hall Gardens, there is also a small, private garden for guests staying at the apartment, with a lawn, patio and outdoor furniture.

    What's provided in a National Trust holiday cottage?

    • Wi-Fi, available
    • Garden, available
    • Fridge, available
    • Freezer, available
    • Microwave, available
    • Television, available
    • DVD, available
    • Washing machine, available
    • Dishwasher, available
    • Cot & high chair, available
    • Balcony, available
    • City break, available
    • Late Sunday check-out, available
    • Near National Trust Café, available
    • Pub nearby, available

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View of a sunny garden with flower borders, in front of a stone manor house
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Crook Hall Gardens 

Characterful gardens on the edge of Durham city, set against the backdrop of a medieval hall.

Durham

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Blast Beach with sunlit rock pools and bright green seaweed covered rocks in the foreground and white capped waves behind. To the right, a strip of pale orange and grey pebbled beach at the foot of cream coloured craggy cliffs topped with vegetation stretch away into the distance. The sky is intense blue with white fluffy clouds.
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Durham Coast 

County Durham's coastline has evolved from its industrial past to become a haven for wildlife

Seaham, County Durham

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View towards the ruined Orangery and cowslips in foreground at Gibside, Tyne and Wear
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Gibside 

A Georgian landscape garden forged in an industrial past.

Gateshead, Tyne & Wear

Fully open today
A view of Washington Old Hall on a sunny day, with neatly trimmed hedges visible in front of the hall and a border of orange flowers
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Washington Old Hall 

Manor house associated with the family of George Washington, first president of the USA

Washington, Tyne & Wear

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