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HETTON HALL

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Tower house, built in the 15th century, and now incorporated into a farmhouse. The three storey tower has a semi-circular stair projection, formerly with a turret above it. The roof was rebuilt, probably in the 16th century. The tower was extended to the left, right and rear in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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[NU 04053342] Tower [NR] (1)

The remains of a pele which probably dates from the time of Elizabeth. (2)

Now modernised and incorporated into the farmhouse at Hettonhall. See photograph. (3)

Hetton Hall. Grade II* House. C15 tower-house with C18 and C19 additions. Tower house, built in the 15th century, and now incorporated into a private house. The three storey tower has a semi-circular stair projection, formerly with a turret above it. The roof was rebuilt, probably in the 16th century. The tower was extended to the left in the 18th or early 19th century, to the right in the 19th century and to the rear in the mid 19th century. Listed Grade II*. (4)

Listed by Cathcart King and Dodds. (5,6)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 25" 1965

( 2) Northumberland County History

NCH 14 1935 230-1 (Ed M Hope Dodds)

( 3) Field Investigators Comments

F1 DS 19-DEC-68

( 4) List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest

DOE (HHR) Boro of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northum, Jan 1985, 13

(5) David J Cathcart King 1983 Castellarium anglicanum : an index and bibliography of the castles in England, Wales and the Islands. Volume II : Norfolk-Yorkshire and the islands

Page(s)335

(6) Dodds, JF 1988 Bastions and Belligerents: Medieval Strongholds in Northumberland

Page(s)99

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