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Barningham; The Hall

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Barningham Park

In the civil parish of Barningham.
In the historic county of Yorkshire North Riding (Modern Authority of Durham, 1974 county of County Durham).

Three storey stone country house, mainly of C16 and C17 date and altered in the C18 and C19. The north range and kitchen wing are earlier, probably dating from the medieval period. The house was remodelled circa 1720, heightened in the mid C18 and extended in the early C19. Built of stone and stone rubble, with slate and stone roofs. The walls of the north range are 1 metre thick and it is possible that it was originally built as a fortified house.

This site has been described as a;
Pele Tower.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.


This site is a Grade 2* listed building protected by law*. (Images of England number 111601)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NZ086102

Modern Map fromOrdnance Survey logo

Good for landscape form and features

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Good for general location

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 889255

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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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This record last updated on Friday, April 6, 2007

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