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Houghton le Spring Rectory
In the civil parish of Houghton Le Spring.
In the historic county of Durham; County Palatinate of (Modern Authority of Sunderland, 1974 county of Tyne and Wear).
Some medieval walls are incorporated into former rectory, now Council Offices. A tower was built at Houghton le Spring without licence in 1483. A pardon was granted by the Bishop of Durham to John Kelyng, rector, in 1484.
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.
A Durham Pardon licence
to crenellate was
granted in 1484.
This site is a
Grade 2* listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 303176)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NZ34094983
PastScape number;
26073
Books
- Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles and Tower Houses of County Durham (Malvern) p35
Emery, Anthony, 1996, Greater Medieval Houses Vol1 (Cambridge) p139n3, 159 [Slight]
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p33 [slight]
Jackson, M.J.,1992, Castles of Northumbria (Carlise) p143
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 p138
Pevsner, N., 1983 (Revised by Williamson, Elizabeth), The Buildings of England: Durham (London, Penguin) p332
Pevsner, N., 1953, The Buildings of England: Durham (London, Penguin) p172
Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England Vol2 p343
Bates, C.J., 1891, Border Holds of Northumberland (London and Newcastle: Andrew Reid) p. xv
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p206
Gibson, W., 1845-54 (3rd series), Northumbrian Castles, Churches and Antiquities p111-2
Surtees, R., 1816-40 [1972 Reprint], History and Antiquities of Durham (London) Vol1 p157
Brayley, E. and Britton, J., 1803, Beauties of England and Wales; Durham Vol5 p133-4
Hutchinson, Wm, 1785-94, The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham Vol2 p691
Journal Articles
- 1911-12, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne [ser3] Vol5 p45-62
1897-8, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne [ser2] Vol8 p203
Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents
- This section is far from complete and the secondary
sources should be consulted for full references.)
- Deputy Keeper's Report Vol35 App140 [membrane 20 of Calendar of Rolls of Bishop Dudley]
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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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