Newburn Hall, pele tower

HER Number:
1289

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newburn Hall, pele tower

Place:
Newburn

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Domestic

Site Type: Broad:
Fortified House

Site Type: Specific:
Pele Tower

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C15?

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
A tower, 39 feet 9 inches N-S x 25 feet E-W externally, 20 feet 8 inches x 16 feet 7 inches inside A minimum of 2 storeys high, built of coursed masonry, with large quoins some of which were re-used Roman stones. It had a vaulted basement, with a door in the east wall, a loop in each of the other 3, a straight stair in the south wall, and a garderobe on first floor at the foot of the stairs to the second. In the 16th century wings were added to the north and east sides to form Newburn hall. In 1895 the tower was in Spencer's Steel Works. By 1966 the Ordnance Survey noted that the hall had been demolished and the site redeveloped.

Easting:
1695

Northing:
6514

Grid Reference:
NZ16956514

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1289 >> C.J. Bates, 1891, The Border Holds of Northumberland, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XIV, 22 W.H. Knowles, 1915, 'Newburn Hall' and 'Manor House', Northumberland, Archaeologia Aeliana, 3, XII, 186-199 M.H. Dodds, 1930, Newburn and Newburn Hall Townships, Northumberland County History, XIII, 136-139 Ordnance Survey archaeological record cards, R. Lewis, 1966, Newburn Hall...