Miss Porter's House

MISS Porters House, a 96-year-old Edwardian style home in inner-city Newcastle, provides visitors with a portal into the world of the family that lived there. Entrusted to the care of the National Trust, it survives as a poignant insight into the homes of an era, and the quiet and careful lives of the Porter family. From the entrance hallways, a sitting room opens to the right, furnished with the crocodile velvet lounge suite purchased in 1935.

The Porter family steadfastly retained their personal possessions and the Trust has been intrigued by the collection of clothing, fabrics, craft materials, linen and general household items that remain in the cupboards and sideboards.

Group tours of Miss Porters House can be organised. Groups are advised to give volunteers several days notice. Miss Porter's House is a living home, offering today a rare and privileged visit into other lives, other times.