The Gatehouse website record for Stone House Tower, Stanhope

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

Stone house is mentioned in a document of 1608, but it had been converted into cottages before C17. In appearance it seems to be a medieval pele tower. House and wing. Circa 1600. Thinly-rendered rubble sandstone and millstone grit with large irregular quoins and ashlar dressings; stone-flagged roof with stone gable copings. 2 storeys, 4 bays and 2-storey, one-bay left wing. Ledged and boarded door at right in Tudor-arched surround with wide, broach- stopped chamfers; irregular-block jambs to door and to windows with wide- chamfered stone mullions and surrounds. Ground floor has two 3-light windows and one single; single lights above, irregularly-spaced and of varying sizes; 2 small windows at eaves have iron bars and rails.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY99743927

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 17912
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is D14214 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

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