Old Hollinside

Old Hollinside

HER Number
107
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Old Hollinside
Place
Whickham
Map Sheet
NZ15NE
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Fortified House
Site Type: Specific
Fortified Manor House
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Ruined Building
Description
When first built, perhaps in the 13th century, the house was an oblong, 16.15 x 6.65 metres externally, with walls 0.90 metres thick, with 2 rooms (hall and chamber) on each of 2 floors, and a probable garderobe turret at the south-west angle. Later a 2-storey wing was added to the east wall on each side of the entrance, and finally a wall, with arch above to support a tower, was built between the wings. It became a possession of the Bowes c.1730. In 1889 it was used as a cattle shed, but it was then decided to keep the ruins in good order. There has been some vandalism to the site in recent years, however. SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENT AND LISTED GRADE 1.
Easting
418550
Northing
559920
Grid Reference
NZ418550559920
Sources
<< HER 107 >> W. Hutchinson, 1787, History....of Durham, Vol. II, pp. 450
R. Surtees, 1820, History of...Durham, II, pp. 250-1
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1886, Hollinside, 2, II, pp. 184-6
J. Robinson, 1890, Hollinside, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 2, IV, p. 177
J.R. Boyle, 1892, Durham: Its Castles, Churches, etc. pp. 594-5
J.F. Hodgson, 1898, Finchale Priory, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, Rev 2, VIII, p. 180
Archaeologia Aeliana, 1912, Seals,3, VIII, p. 110
A.H. Thompson, 1922, Hollinside, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 3, X, p. 286
R.B. Harbottle, 1988, Files entitled Old Hollinside, T&W CC C/GD/DS/05/01, now with Gateshead MBC
C.H.H. Blair. 1935, The Renaissance Heraldry of the County Palatine of Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XII, p. 48
Monthly Chronicle of North-Country Lore and Legend, 1890, Hollinside Manor, March, pp. 128-9
Q. Peel, 1974, Civic cash aids North history, Wed. 4 Dec., The Journal, p. 7
Evening Chronicle, 1976, Foreign money find puzzles the historians, Wed. 12 May, p. 5
R. Anderson, Scrapbook Vols. I, p. 17, II p. 101, III p. 4, Gateshead Library Newspaper cuttings
P.J. Davison, 1965, Interesting Places... pp. 11-12
P.J. Davison, 1979, The Derwent Valley, pp. 40-
W. Greenwell, ed. 1856, Bishop Hatfield's Survey, Surtees Society, 32, p. 93; Gateshead Council, 1999, Conservation Area Policy Guidelines, Strategies and Character Statements, Gibside Conservation Area, pp 51-53