High Coniscliffe; The Old Hall
Has been described as a Certain Bastle
There are major building remains
| Name | High Coniscliffe; The Old Hall |
| Alternative Names | Old Hall Farm |
| Historic Country | Durham |
| Modern Authority | Darlington |
| 1974 Authority | County Durham |
| Civil Parish | High Coniscliffe |
Late C17 farmhouse, the main interest is the northwest wing, dateable to C13. Similar in form to 'Borders' Bastle but of an earlier date and finer architectural detail. The northwest wing has a barrel vaulted ground floor and the remains of a corbelled-out gardrobe. Site is located at number 23, The Green. The ground floor of this part of the building has a fine vaulted stone ceiling and the remains of a garderobe.
Large house. Circa 1700 house with medieval wing on left rear. Medieval wing coursed rubble with pantiled roof. House painted roughcast masonry; pantiled roof with stone-flagged eaves; pebble-dashed chimney stacks. 2-storey, 5-bay house with raised-and-chamfered quoins. 6-panel door, in broken- pedimented stone surround,in fourth bay. Replaced 12-pane sashes with projecting sills and wedge lintels. Small square sundial with circular face and replaced gnomon above door. Blocked oval window, in cable-moulded surround, above sundial. Steeply-pitched roof with swept eaves, coped gables and shaped kneelers. End and ridge stacks. Medieval wing: 1.5-metre thick ground-floor walls; chamfered plinth and remains of corbelled-out garderobe, with later stone stair cut into side, on left return; alternating quoins, blocked doorway and small first-floor lancet (possibly ex- situ) on rear gable end; roof with brick rear end stack. Narrow 2-storey gabled stair wing, with replaced sash, on rear of house. Interior: medieval wing has barrel-vaulted ground-floor room with deep arched splay of former gable-end doorway. House contains a possibly reconstructed 2-flight dogleg staircase with closed string, square-section moulded handrail and balusters with 3 rounded knops. 2-storey, 2-bay addition on right of house is not of special interest. (Listed Building Report)
Not scheduled
This is a Grade 2* listed building protected by law
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| OS Map Grid Reference | NZ225153 |
| Latitude | 54.5331687927246 |
| Longitude | -1.65327000617981 |
| Eastings | 422537 |
| Northings | 515367 |
