English Heritage sites near Evenwood and Barony Parish
AUCKLAND CASTLE DEER HOUSE
4 miles from Evenwood and Barony Parish
A charming Gothic Revival 'eyecatcher' built in 1760 in the park of the Bishops of Durham. It provided deer with shelter and food, and had grounds for picnics and rooms for enjoying the view.
PIERCEBRIDGE ROMAN BRIDGE
9 miles from Evenwood and Barony Parish
Stonework foundations, now marooned in a field, of a bridge which once led to Piercebridge Roman Fort.
BARNARD CASTLE
9 miles from Evenwood and Barony Parish
Set on a high rock, Barnard Castle takes it name from its 12th-century founder, Bernard de Balliol. It was later developed by the Beauchamp family and then passed into the hands of Richard III.
EGGLESTONE ABBEY
10 miles from Evenwood and Barony Parish
The charming ruins of a small monastery of Premonstratensian 'white canons', picturesquely set above a bend in the River Tees near Barnard Castle.
STANWICK IRON AGE FORTIFICATIONS
10 miles from Evenwood and Barony Parish
An excavated section, part cut into rock, of the ramparts of the huge Iron Age trading and power-centre of the Brigantes, the most important tribe in pre- Roman northern Britain.
BOWES CASTLE
13 miles from Evenwood and Barony Parish
The impressive ruins of Henry II's 12th-century keep, on the site of a Roman fort guarding the approach to strategic Stainmore Pass over the Pennines.
Churches in Evenwood and Barony Parish
St Paul’s Evenwood
Cnr Jubilee Terrace and Chapel Street
Evenwood
Durham
07594799981
https://www.facebook.com/Gaunlessvalley/
We are a small, friendly, community village church, in the heart of Evenwood. Traditional organ music, outgoing vicar and LGBT friendly.
Pubs in Evenwood and Barony Parish
Bay Horse
Castle
Cunningham's
1 Gordon Lane, Ramshaw, DL14 0NS
(01388) 205222
bigjoessteakhousebar.com/