Ushaw Historic House, Chapels and Gardens

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Ushaw College (formally St Cuthbert's College, Ushaw) is a former Roman Catholic seminary near the village of Ushaw Moor, County Durham, in Northeast England. Until 2011 it was also a licensed hall of residence of Durham University. It is now a heritage and cultural tourist attraction.

The campus is known for its Georgian and Victorian Gothic architecture and listed nineteenth-century chapels. It now hosts a programme of art exhibitions, music and theatre events, alongside tearooms and a café. The college was founded in 1808 by scholars from the English College, Douai, who had fled France after the French Revolution.

Ushaw College was affiliated with Durham University from 1968 and was the principal Roman Catholic seminary for the training of Catholic priests in the north of England. In 2011, the seminary closed, due to the shortage of vocations. It reopened as a visitor attraction, marketed as Ushaw: Historic House, Chapels & Gardens in late 2014 and, as of 2023, receives over 100,000 visitors a year.

The County Durham Music Service and Durham University Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring are based at the college and buildings at the college are also used by Durham University Business...