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Low Chibburn Hospitallers Preceptory
In the civil parish of Widdrington.
In the historic county of Northumberland (Modern Authority of Northumberland, 1974 county of Northumberland).
The Preceptory of the Knights of St John was defended by a moat enclosing an area circa 100yds diameter. The buildings formed a parallelogram having a courtyard in the middle, a dwelling house on the west, a chapel occupying the entire south side and various offices on the north and east sides. Most of the buildings on the North side have disappeared. The principal entrance was by an arched gateway on North side.The remains are in a ruinous condition and the whole building is now roofless. The moat is now infilled. The chapel was used as a pillbox during the Second World War. Possible that, in this area, this preceptory was fortified.
This site has been described as a;
Fortified Ecclesiastical site.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.
This site is a scheduled
monument protected by law.
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NZ26599653
PastScape number;
25459
County Sites and Monuments Record number; N11884
- Web site links
- Books
- Brooke, C.J., 2000, Safe Sanctuaries (Edinburgh; John Donald) p158-9
Salter, Mike, 1997, The Castles and Tower Houses of Northumberland (Malvern) p114 [slight]
Rushton, S., 1996, 'Recent Work at Low Chibburn' in Archaeology in Northumberland 1995-1996 (Morpeth: Northumberland County Council) p6-7
Pevsner, N., 1992 (revised by Grundy, John et al), The Buildings of England: Northumberland (London, Penguin)
Rowland, T.H., 1987 [reprint1994], Medieval Castles, Towers, Peles and Bastles of Northumberland (Sandhill Press) p91
Graham, Frank, 1976, The Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham) p100-1
Long, B., 1967, Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p81-2
Knowles, D. and Hadcock, R.N. 1953. Medieval Religious Houses in England and Wales (London) p241, 302
- Journal Articles
- Honeyman, H.L. 1942. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle [ser4] Vol9 p192
1896, Archaeologia Aeliana p263-280
1861, Archaeologia Aeliana p113-118
Woodman, W. 1860. Archaeological Journal Vol17 p35-47
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