Newburn Hall, pele tower

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
Medieval 1066 to 1540
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
416950
Northing
565140
Grid Reference
NZ416950565140
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...