Bedlington Old Hall

Has been described as a Possible Pele Tower

There are no visible remains

NameBedlington Old Hall
Alternative Names
Historic CountryNorthumberland
Modern AuthorityNorthumberland
1974 AuthorityNorthumberland
Civil ParishBedlington

Bedlington Old Hall, or tower, was built in the C16 or C17 and stood three storeys high. It was demolished in 1959 and the site occupied by council offices. (Keys to the Past)

Some time in the 18th century the building had been converted to a range of tenements in which use it continued (Rawlinson 1849, 35) until demolition. (Northumberland Extensive Urban Survey)

OLD HALL, a C16 tower house with hood-moulded mullioned windows, and immediately adjoining it a frontage of ten bays, as plain and matter of fact as if it had been built as a mill. (Pevsner)

Not scheduled

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceNZ257819
Latitude55.1308097839355
Longitude-1.59704995155334
Eastings425790
Northings581900
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Books

  • Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Newcastle upon Tyne: Keepdate Publishing) p. 219
  • Salter, Mike, 1997, The Castles and Tower Houses of Northumberland (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 114 (slight)
  • Rowland, T.H., 1987 (reprint1994), Medieval Castles, Towers, Peles and Bastles of Northumberland (Sandhill Press) p. 76, 86
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 2 p. 356 (possible)
  • Graham, Frank, 1976, The Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham) p. 55
  • Long, B., 1967, Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p. 60
  • RCHME, 1963, Monuments Threatened or Destroyed. A Select List 1956-1963 (London) p. 52
  • Pevsner, N. et al, 1957, Buildings of England: Northumberland (London) p. 83

Other

  • Northumberland County Council, 2009, 'Bedlington' Northumberland Extensive Urban Survey doi:10.5284/1000177 [download copy > http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/northumberland_eus_2011/downloads.cfm?REDSQUIDARCHIVES_7_799BB461-A0C4-488C-B90DF1259EFE2DA8&area=Bedlington]
  • Rawlinson, R., 1849, Report to the General Board of Health Morpeth and Bedlington p. 35 (NRO 2164 and NRO ZAN M16/B4)