Cullercoats Heritage
Standing tall at the coast, Cullercoats was once an artists colony and home to the famous American artist Winslow Homer, the village continues to inspire to this day.
Standing Tall at the Coast
The foundation stone for St. George’s Church was laid by the 6th Duke of Northumberland in 1882 and construction was completed in December 1884. St George’s Church is a spectacular, Grade I Listed, Victorian church designed by renowned architect, John Loughborough Pearson, architect of Truro Cathedral. St. George’s is a perfectly proportioned, French Gothic building…
Cullercoats as an Artists Colony
Cullercoats developed after 1539 and until the late 19th Century was a small village with interests in salt making, coal export, fishing and smuggling. Cullercoats is also known for forming the second Volunteer Life Brigade in the country, in 1865, shortly after Tynemouth. Latterly, Cullercoats has been appreciated as an artist’s colony, a fashionable seaside…
Winslow Homer’s Cullercoats
Why Cullercoats, a small and perhaps unassuming fishing village became such a popular place for artists could be debated ad infinitum. Winslow Homer, one of America’s leading artists, certainly found reason to stay in Cullercoats in that he spent a number of months living and painting here. Perhaps the rugged coastline and the more often…
