Langley Old Hall

In the civil parish of Burnhope.
In the historic county of Durham; County Palatinate of (Modern Authority of Durham, 1974 county of County Durham).

Langley Hall is a fortified manor house built by Lord Henry Scrope during the reign of Henry VIII, probably around 1533.The present visible remains are those of two large buildings, stone built of at least two stories, with indications in places of a third storey or attic. These two buildings represent the northeast and southwest sides of the quadrangle. The features typical of C16 include a two-light, round-headed window with hood-moulding and several doorways with four-centred arches. The walls have a maximum height of c.8m and vary in thickness from 1m to 1.5m. At the west end of the northeast range and connecting to the south-west range are vague traces of foundations. Fallen rubble and undergrowth make it difficult to ascertain their purpose, but they appear to represent the northwest range of the quadrangle.

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.
This site is a Grade 2 listed building protected by law*. (Images of England number 110063)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NZ21074662

PastScape number; 24396

Web site links

http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=D1319

Books

Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles and Tower Houses of County Durham (Malvern) p40
Corfe, Tom (ed), 1992, 'The Visible Middle Ages' in An Historical Atlas of County Durhan p28-9
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p139
Hugill, Robert, 1979, The Castles and Towers of the County of Durham (Newcastle; Frank Graham) p66
Pevsner, N., 1953. The Buildings of England: County Durham (Harmondsworth) p179-80
Gould, Chalkley, 1905, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Durham Vol1 p356
Boyle, J.R., 1892, Comprehensive Guide to the County of Durham: its Castles, Churches, and Manor-Houses (London) p444
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p207
Surtees, W., 1816 [1972 Reprint], History and Antiquities of Durham Vol2 (Durham) p333

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*The listed building may not be the actual medieval building, but a building on the site of, or incorporating fragments of, the described site.

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Langley Old Hall

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NZ21074662

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