Halloughton Manor House (The Gatehouse Record)

In the civil parish of Halloughton.
In the historic county of Nottinghamshire.
Modern Authority of Nottinghamshire.
1974 county of Nottinghamshire.
Medieval County of Nottinghamshire.

OS Map Grid Reference: SK69055172
Latitude 53.05858° Longitude -0.97094°

Halloughton Manor House has been described as a certain Pele Tower.

There are major building remains.

This is a Grade 2* listed building protected by law*.

Description

The narrow, three-storeyed tower at Halloughton Manor House was built by a prebend of nearby Southwell Minster. The ground floor has two narrow lancets and was probably used for storage. The first floor was approached by a staircase, partly external, rising from an attached hall, replaced by the present two-storeyed timber-framed structure of between 1580 and 1630. This chamber is lit by a lancet and a two two-light trefoiled window of mid-fourteenth-century date. As it shows no evidence of insertion, it probably identifies the period of construction. The approach to the private chambers above was by a narrow mural stair. Neither of the upper rooms were heated. (Emery)

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Heritage List for England Listed Building number(s) 1178664
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 320242.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) M2779.

Websites (Gatehouse is not responsible for the content of external websites.)
- Castles by Dr Sarah Speight, The Nottinghamshire Heritage Gateway
  Abaroth's World
Books
- Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 86
  Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales Vol. 2 East Anglia, Central England and Wales (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) p. 307
  Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge: Boydell Press) p. 201
  King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 2 p. 381
Periodical Articles
- King, Andy, 2007, 'Fortress and fashion statements: gentry castles in fourteenth-century Northumberland' Journal of Medieval History Vol. 33 p. 393 (brief)
  Barley, Maurice W., 1988, 'Nottinghamshire medieval manor houses' Nottingham Medieval Studies Vol. 32 p. 165-71
  Summers, Norman, 1965, 'Manor Farm, Halloughton' Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire Vol. 69 p. 66-76
Other sources: Theses; 'grey' literature; in-house reports; unpublished works; etc.
- Creighton, O.H., 1998, Castles and Landscapes: An Archaeological Survey of Yorkshire and the East Midlands (PhD Thesis University of Leicester) p. 480-1 online copy

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