Snotterton Hall, Staindrop

Has been described as a Possible Fortified Manor House

There are masonry footings remains

NameSnotterton Hall, Staindrop
Alternative NamesRaby Grange
Historic CountryDurham
Modern AuthorityDurham
1974 AuthorityCounty Durham
Civil ParishStaindrop

This is the site of the old fortified manor house of Snotterton. The Baynbrigg family are recorded as having held Snotterton from at least 1469 until 1607, when George Baynbrigg sold the estate to Topby Ewbanke of Staindrop Hall. The old house was largely demolished in 1831; Surtees records that 'the old hall of Snotterton was a respectable mansion, with a square walled garden in front'. The coat and crest of Bainbrigge were sculptured over the principal door. Several of the windows were triple mullioned, and the walls had am embattled parapet, with crocketted pinnacles at the angles. The old hall was taken down, except for part of the shell, in 1831, and rebuilt as an excellent farmhouse, and is now called Raby Grange. The Old Hall of Snotterton was a respectable mansion, in late Gothic style. Traces of the old building can be seen in a stone window in the southeastern corner of the courtyard. (Keys to the Past)

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Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceNZ108197
Latitude54.5726318359375
Longitude-1.83392000198364
Eastings410830
Northings519730
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Books

  • Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles and Tower Houses of County Durham (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 63 (slight)
  • Meadows, P. and Waterson, E. 1993, Lost Houses of County Durham (Durham) p. 8
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1 p. 140
  • Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (London: Methuen and Co)
  • Fordyce, W., 1857, History and antiquities of the county palatine of Durham (Durham) Vol. 2 p. 92 online copy
  • Surtees, R. 1840, The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham Vol. 4 (Durham) p. 140

Journals

  • Hadcock, R.N., 1939, 'A map of mediaeval Northumberland and Durham' Archaeologia Aeliana (ser4) Vol. 16 p. 148-218 esp 204