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The Silvertop family sold the House in 1949 for conversion to a [[Passionist]] Monastery. A retreat house was opened in 1967, and in the 1970s links were established with the [[Selly Park]] [[Sisters of Charity of St. Paul|sisters]] and the [[Sisters of Mercy]] from [[Sunderland]]. Since 2012 Minsteracres has been run by a charitable trust on behalf of the Passionist community.{{cite web |title=Our heritage |url=http://www.minsteracres.org/about-us/our-heritage/ |publisher=Minsteracres Retreat Centre |accessdate=1 March 2019}} It describes itself as a “Christian place of prayer with a resident community rooted in the Roman Catholic Passionist tradition”.{{cite web |title=About us |url=http://www.minsteracres.org/about-us/|publisher=Minsteracres Retreat Centre |accessdate=1 March 2019}}

The Silvertop family sold the House in 1949 for conversion to a [[Passionist]] Monastery. A retreat house was opened in 1967, and in the 1970s links were established with the [[Selly Park]] [[Sisters of Charity of St. Paul|sisters]] and the [[Sisters of Mercy]] from [[Sunderland]]. Since 2012 Minsteracres has been run by a charitable trust on behalf of the Passionist community.{{cite web |title=Our heritage |url=http://www.minsteracres.org/about-us/our-heritage/ |publisher=Minsteracres Retreat Centre |accessdate=1 March 2019}} It describes itself as a “Christian place of prayer with a resident community rooted in the Roman Catholic Passionist tradition”.{{cite web |title=About us |url=http://www.minsteracres.org/about-us/|publisher=Minsteracres Retreat Centre |accessdate=1 March 2019}}

In the early 1960s [[Consett]] artist [[Sheila Mackie]] painted two large murals ”Agony in the Garden” and ”The Conversion of Saul”, each {{convert|40|ft}} by {{convert|12|ft}} for the Minsteracres retreat house; they were known to still exist in 2023{{cn|date=December 2023}} and are listed in the database ”PostWar Murals Database”, last updated 2013.{{cite news |title=Weird and wonderful life of a much-missed artist |url=http://www.thejournal.co.uk/culture/arts/weird-wonderful-life-much-missed-artist-4450663 |accessdate=14 December 2023 |work=[[The Journal (Newcastle upon Tyne newspaper)|The Journal]] |date=22 September 2010 | archive-date=4 September 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904052356/http://www.thejournal.co.uk/culture/arts/weird-wonderful-life-much-missed-artist-4450663}}{{cite web |title=Postwar Murals database |url=http://www.academia.edu/5211590/Postwar_murals_database |publisher=Academia.org |accessdate=1 March 2019 | date=15 October 2013}} ”NB Order of listings is not explicit but appears to by county, so “Northumberland””

In the early 1960s [[Consett]] artist [[Sheila Mackie]] painted two large murals ”Agony in the Garden” and ”The Conversion of Saul”, each {{convert|40|ft}} by {{convert|12|ft}} for the Minsteracres retreat house; they were known to still exist in and are listed in the database ”PostWar Murals Database”, last updated 2013.{{cite news |title=Weird and wonderful life of a much-missed artist |url=http://www.thejournal.co.uk/culture/arts/weird-wonderful-life-much-missed-artist-4450663 |accessdate=14 December 2023 |work=[[The Journal (Newcastle upon Tyne newspaper)|The Journal]] |date=22 September 2010 | archive-date=4 September 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904052356/http://www.thejournal.co.uk/culture/arts/weird-wonderful-life-much-missed-artist-4450663}}{{cite web |title=Postwar Murals database |url=http://www.academia.edu/5211590/Postwar_murals_database |publisher=Academia.org |accessdate=1 March 2019 | date=15 October 2013}} ”NB Order of listings is not explicit but appears to by county, so “Northumberland””

The east{{NHLE|num= 1370277|desc=East lodge and attached garden wall| access-date=1 March 2019}} and west{{NHLE|num= 1303468|desc=West lodge, west lodge north, and walls and gate piers| access-date=1 March 2019}} lodges, stable block,{{NHLE|num= 1045343|desc=Stable block| access-date=1 March 2019}} entrance screen with flanking walls{{NHLE|num= 1155105|desc=Entrance screen and flanking walls at north-east corner of park| access-date=1 March 2019}} and a group of farm buildings{{NHLE|num= 1045344|desc=Farmbuilding 120 metres east of west lodge| access-date=1 March 2019}} are all separately grade II listed.

The east{{NHLE|num= 1370277|desc=East lodge and attached garden wall| access-date=1 March 2019}} and west{{NHLE|num= 1303468|desc=West lodge, west lodge north, and walls and gate piers| access-date=1 March 2019}} lodges, stable block,{{NHLE|num= 1045343|desc=Stable block| access-date=1 March 2019}} entrance screen with flanking walls{{NHLE|num= 1155105|desc=Entrance screen and flanking walls at north-east corner of park| access-date=1 March 2019}} and a group of farm…



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