Old Hollinside

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Hollinside Hall, Old Hollingside

In the civil parish of Whickham.
In the historic county of Durham; County Palatinate of (Modern Authority of Gateshead, 1974 county of Tyne and Wear).

Fortified manor house probably dating to the late C13. The upstanding remains comprise a fortified hall house, whose walls survive to between 6-10m in height, and the remains of a north-east wing, surviving partly as earthworks and partly as masonry up to 2m high. A courtyard, c.35m square, with attached gatehouse, is shown on C18 and C19 maps to the south-east of the hall but the only possible survival of this feature are one or two scarps beyond the southern corner of the hall.

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 1 listed building protected by law*. (Images of England number 303886)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NZ18555992

Modern Map from

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from

Good for general location

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1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 22476

Web site links
- http://www.whickhamlhs.org.uk/whickhamhistory.html
Books
- Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles and Tower Houses of County Durham (Malvern) p34
  Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p31
  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 p140
  Hugill, Robert, 1979, The Castles and Towers of the County of Durham (Newcastle; Frank Graham) p55-56
  Pevsner, N., 1953. The Buildings of England: County Durham (Harmondsworth) (London) p168
  Surtees, W., 1816 [1972 Reprint], History and Antiquities of Durham Vol2 p251
Journal Articles
- Ryder, P.F., 1995, 'Old Hollinside' Archaeology North Vol9 p6-9

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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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