Snotterton Hall, Staindrop

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

Supposed fortified manor at Snotterton was taken down, except for part of the shell, in 1831, and rebuilt as a farmhouse. The Old Hall of Snotterton was a respectable mansion, in late Gothic style, with several triple-mullioned windows, and the arms of Bainbridge sculpted over the door. The walls had an embattled parapet, with crocketed pinnacles at the angles . The Hall is said to be of C15 date. Traces of antiquity may be seen in a mullioned window in the southeastern corner of the courtyards and the remains of a crocketed pinnacle on the roof of the west range of buildings

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Masonry footings remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NZ10831973

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 21837

County Sites and Monuments Record number; D1632

• Web site links
  • http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=D1632
    http://www.sine.newcastle.ac.uk/view_structure_information.asp?struct_id=2124
• Books
  • Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles and Tower Houses of County Durham (Malvern) p63 [slight]
    Meadows, P. and Waterson, E. 1993. Lost Houses of County Durham (Durham) p8
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p140
    Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
    Surtees, R. 1840. History of Durham Vol4 (Durham) p140
    Fordyce, W. 1857. History of Durham Vol2 (Durham) p92
• Journal Articles
  • Hadcock, R.N., 1939, 'Map of Mediaeval Northum and Durham' Archaeologia Aeliana [ser4] Vol16 p204