Wallington Hall (The Gatehouse Record)

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as;
Wallyngton

In the civil parish of Wallington Demesne.
In the historic county of Northumberland.
Modern Authority of Northumberland.
1974 county of Northumberland.
Medieval County of Northumberland.

OS Map Grid Reference: NZ02888419
Latitude 55.15208° Longitude -1.95632°

Wallington Hall has been described as a certain Pele Tower.

There are masonry footings remains.

This is a Grade 1 listed building protected by law*.

Description

A list of 1415 refers to a tower at Wallington, also referred to as a 'castle' in 1538 (Bates 1891).
Wallington Hall, built in 1688, with 18th century alterations. Of the castle only some cellars remain (Pevsner 1957).
Remains of the tower now form the west cellar of the present Hall, which belongs to the National Trust, but is not outstanding (F1 BHP 24-AUG-1968).
Medieval fragments in cellars, house rebuilt in 1688, and again in years between 1727 and 1751, possibly by Paine. Again altered 1855 by Dobson, with advice from Ruskin. Sandstone, two storeyed, nine bays with a three-bay pediment. Main south front windows have moulded frames, and the doorway has a pediment, otherwise little enrichment but effect depends on good proportions. Whole south front visible from public road which runs through the park without walls or hedges (Listed Building Report).
Wallington Tower or Castle. In list of 1541, a tower and stone walled house are mentioned. Leland recorded that a Tudor house was added to the medieval fortress (Long 1967).
Present house built by Sir William Blackett in 1688. Little remains of 14th century medieval castle which was extended in 15th and 16th centuries under the Fenwick family. Castle pulled down by Sir William Blackett along with attached Tudor dwelling. Present building erected on the site. Golden age of Wallington from 1728 under Sir Walter Calverley Blackett. 18th century decoration in interior (Anderson). (Northumberland HER)

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Heritage List for England Listed Building number(s) 1042869
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 21146.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) N10494.

Websites (Gatehouse is not responsible for the content of external websites.)
- Wikipedia entry
  National Trust
Books
- Pevsner, N., Richmond, I., Grundy, J., McCombie, G., Ryder, P. and Welfare, H., 2001, The Buildings of England: Northumberland (London: Penguin Books) p. 601
  Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Newcastle upon Tyne: Keepdate Publishing) p. 238-9
  Salter, Mike, 1997, The Castles and Tower Houses of Northumberland (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 102
  Jackson, M.J.,1992, Castles of Northumbria (Carlisle)
  Rowland, T.H., 1987 (reprint1994), Medieval Castles, Towers, Peles and Bastles of Northumberland (Sandhill Press) p. 11, 50
  King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 2 p. 342
  Graham, Frank, 1976, The Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham) p. 333-4
  Long, B., 1967, Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p. 165-6
  Pevsner, N., 1957, Buildings of England: Northumberland (London)
  Hugill, R.,1939, Borderland Castles and Peles (1970 Reprint by Frank Graham) p. 210-6
  Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (London: Methuen and Co)
  Bates, C.J., 1891, Border Holds of Northumberland (London and Newcastle: Andrew Reid) p. 16, 28, 46 (Also published as the whole of volume 14 (series 2) of Archaeologia Aeliana view online)
  Hodgson, J., 1827, History of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Part 2 Vol. 1 p. 265 online copy
Periodical Articles
- Anderson, L.E., 1960, South Shields Archaeology and History Society Vol. 1.8 p. 44
  Cornforth, John, Country Life Vol. 1157 p. 854-8, 922-6, 986-9
  Bates, C.J., 1891, 'Border Holds of Northumberland' Archaeologia Aeliana (ser2) Vol. 14 p. 16, 28, 46 online copy
Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)
- 1541, View of the Castles, Towers, Barmekyns and Fortresses of the Frontier of the East and Middle Marches Survey of the East and Middle Marches
  1415, Nomina Castrorum et Fortaliciorum infra Comitatum Northumbrie online transcription
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
- Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p. 344
  Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1910, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (London: Bell and Sons) Vol. 5 p. 65 online copy

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