Holmside Hall

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Holmside Old Hall

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

Holmside Hall, the ancient seat of the Tempests and Whittinghams is of pre-C15 date. Many traces survive of the old house, the moat being almost entire. The west courtyard wall is original and a line of ancient buildings ran along the north of the courtyard. It is believed that the west end of this range was the chapel. "The house appears to be C19 or C20 in date but in the out-buildings are windows and doors of Medieval date"

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

listed building

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The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NZ20594963

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 24391

Web site links

http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=D1316

Books

Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles and Tower Houses of County Durham (Malvern) p34
Emery, Anthony, 1996, Greater Medieval Houses Vol1 (Cambridge) p103
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 p139
Hugill, Robert, 1979, The Castles and Towers of the County of Durham (Newcastle; Frank Graham) p57
Pevsner, N., 1953. The Buildings of England: County Durham (Harmondsworth) (London) p168
Gould, Chalkley, 1905, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Durham Vol1 p356
Boyle, J.R., 1892, Comprehensive Guide to the County of Durham: its Castles, Churches, and Manor-Houses (London) p450
Surtees, W., 1816 [1972 Reprint], History and Antiquities of Durham Vol2 p324

Journal Articles

Ryder, P.F., 1987. 'Holmside Hall' Durham Archaeological Journal Vol3 p89-94
Hadcock, R.N., 1939, 'Map of Mediaeval Northum and Durham' Archaeologia Aeliana [ser4] Vol16 p200

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