The Gatehouse website record for 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Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Hollinside Hall, Old Hollingside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.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NZ18555992

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 22476
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 107 '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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