No.16 Seaham

No.16 is a small boutique guest house at 16 Tempest Road in Seaham, in an early Victorian house built in 1857 and originally commissioned by the Marquess of Londonderry for the first manager of the newly sunk Seaham Colliery. The building has been refurbished as room-only accommodation, with period sash windows retained alongside updated bathrooms, Wi-Fi and modern televisions in each room. It operates as a single independent guest house rather than part of a hotel group, run directly by its owner-operator rather than a franchised brand. The property sits close to Seaham seafront, with the beach around two minutes' walk away and the harbour about five minutes further, positioned as a base for walking the Durham Coastal Footpath or visiting Sunderland and Durham. Guests book directly or through standard travel platforms rather than through a chain reservations system, and the house retains its original colliery-era street frontage on Tempest Road.