Historic England Research Record
ID: 22701
Site of a 16th century house, incorporating a 15th century fortified house or bastle. A centurial stone was found built into the tower in 1887. The building has since been demolished.
More information : NZ 1695 6514. The remains of Newburn Hall, originally a Pele Tower, to which a 16th century house was added, are embedded in Messrs. Spencer's Steel Works, immediately to the north of the railway at Newburn. An inscribed stone was found in 1887, built up in an old tower at the Newburn Steel works. It measured 1' 3" x 11", and read:-"Leg(io) XX V(aleria) V(ictrix) C(o)ho(rs) IIII C(Centuria) Lib(urni) Fro(ntonis) C(Centuria) Tere(nti) Mag(ni)". ("Built by the 20th Legion styled Valeria Victrix, the 4th cohort, the century of Liburnius Fronto (and) the century of Terentius Magnus). In the centre at the bottom is an eagle; on the left a vexillum inscribed Leg XX; on the right a standard. (1)
The remains of Newburn Hall have been demolished and its site re-developed. The centurial stone is now in the Museum of Antiquities in the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Acc. No. 1887.26. (2)
Newburn Hall was a 15th century tower with a 16th century dwelling attached to it. The Percys built both, and in 1530, Sir Thomas Percy, brother of the 6th Earl, made the hall his home. (3)
Listed as a bastle. (4)
ID: 22701
Site of a 16th century house, incorporating a 15th century fortified house or bastle. A centurial stone was found built into the tower in 1887. The building has since been demolished.
More information : NZ 1695 6514. The remains of Newburn Hall, originally a Pele Tower, to which a 16th century house was added, are embedded in Messrs. Spencer's Steel Works, immediately to the north of the railway at Newburn. An inscribed stone was found in 1887, built up in an old tower at the Newburn Steel works. It measured 1' 3" x 11", and read:-"Leg(io) XX V(aleria) V(ictrix) C(o)ho(rs) IIII C(Centuria) Lib(urni) Fro(ntonis) C(Centuria) Tere(nti) Mag(ni)". ("Built by the 20th Legion styled Valeria Victrix, the 4th cohort, the century of Liburnius Fronto (and) the century of Terentius Magnus). In the centre at the bottom is an eagle; on the left a vexillum inscribed Leg XX; on the right a standard. (1)
The remains of Newburn Hall have been demolished and its site re-developed. The centurial stone is now in the Museum of Antiquities in the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Acc. No. 1887.26. (2)
Newburn Hall was a 15th century tower with a 16th century dwelling attached to it. The Percys built both, and in 1530, Sir Thomas Percy, brother of the 6th Earl, made the hall his home. (3)
Listed as a bastle. (4)
Figures below from: Knowles, W. H. (1915). Newburn Hall and Manor House, Northumberland. Archaeologia Aeliana Series 3. Vol 12, p. 186-199.
William Henry Knowles (1857-1943) was a Newcastle born architect and antiquarian. He was a leading member of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and became the Society's Vice-President in 1913. So his sketches were published shortly after this.
Knowles was involved in several archeological excavations and also produced many sketches of buildings in Newcastle, including those published in the book "Vestiges of Old Newcastle and Gateshead." (1890).
He had an office with a Mr Armstrong at 8 Mosley St.
They were responsible for the Grand Hotel in the Haymarket and the old YMCA building on Blackett St, neither exist now.
From Facebook Post by Nichol Morton.
Knowles was involved in several archeological excavations and also produced many sketches of buildings in Newcastle, including those published in the book "Vestiges of Old Newcastle and Gateshead." (1890).
He had an office with a Mr Armstrong at 8 Mosley St.
They were responsible for the Grand Hotel in the Haymarket and the old YMCA building on Blackett St, neither exist now.
From Facebook Post by Nichol Morton.
Roman inscribed centurial stone now in the Great North Museum: Hancock (RIB 2077)
Figure below from: Bruce, J. Collingwood. (1889). On some newly discovered Roman Inscriptions, etc. - An Inscribed Slab from Newburn. Archaeologia Aeliana Series 2. Vol 13, pp. 192-196.
Figure below from: Bruce, J. Collingwood. (1889). On some newly discovered Roman Inscriptions, etc. - An Inscribed Slab from Newburn. Archaeologia Aeliana Series 2. Vol 13, pp. 192-196.
Stevens, Arch. Ael. 4th Ser. 26 (1948) 40 n. 87 considers that the inscribed stone is ‘perhaps a “carry” from Benwell [fort] but may be from a fort at Newburn’. As, however, Benwell lies nearly 4.8 km. from Newburn, and no site has yet been proved at Newburn, it seems best to place this inscription among items of uncertain origin. The flanking reliefs and the mention of two centuries make the stone exceptional R.P.W.
Location of Newburn Hall shown on National Library of Scotland Side-by-side viewer. 1st Edition OS and modern Bing satellite.
The former location occupied by Newburn Hall roughly coincides with the modern factory building known by the name "Old Neolith Building". This is the white-roofed prefabricated building just west of the former cordage works (later Pringle's vehicle dismantling yard) and Trojan Scaffolding and Skip Hire).
Knowles also describes another old building, Newburn Manor House. Both the Manor House and Newburn Hall are visible in T. M. Richardson's engraving, Village of Newburn (British Museum number 1956,1018.3)
"At the beginning of last century Newburn hall comprised
three sides of a square, open to the north, and was then occupied by a farmer and other tenants. It is easily recognized in T. M. Richardson’s coloured print, Village of Newburn, wherein the hall is to be seen in the foreground amidst picturesque surroundings,the church and manor house in the middle distance, and on the sky-line, on the opposite bank of the river, the spire of Ryton church. On November 5, 1891, the east wing, then used as a pattern shop, was destroyed by fire. Only the west wing, much altered, and the walls abutting thereon of a portion of the south wing now remain."
"At the beginning of last century Newburn hall comprised
three sides of a square, open to the north, and was then occupied by a farmer and other tenants. It is easily recognized in T. M. Richardson’s coloured print, Village of Newburn, wherein the hall is to be seen in the foreground amidst picturesque surroundings,the church and manor house in the middle distance, and on the sky-line, on the opposite bank of the river, the spire of Ryton church. On November 5, 1891, the east wing, then used as a pattern shop, was destroyed by fire. Only the west wing, much altered, and the walls abutting thereon of a portion of the south wing now remain."
© The Trustees of the British Museum.
© The Trustees of the British Museum.
Tyne and Wear HER(1291): Newburn Manor House
"A house traditionally called the Manor House, said to date from c.1600, demolished 1909, apparently situated on the West side of what is now Station Road where it appears on the First edition Ordnance Survey plan. A photo in the Northumbelrand County History shows a 2-storey building in coursed stone rubble with dressed quoins, and a pantile/stone flag roof. Two fireplaces from the manor are said to have been reinstated at Washington Old Hall. Its recorded residents included Thomas Finney, a surgeon, in the 1850s and Thomas Hayes in 1879."
"A house traditionally called the Manor House, said to date from c.1600, demolished 1909, apparently situated on the West side of what is now Station Road where it appears on the First edition Ordnance Survey plan. A photo in the Northumbelrand County History shows a 2-storey building in coursed stone rubble with dressed quoins, and a pantile/stone flag roof. Two fireplaces from the manor are said to have been reinstated at Washington Old Hall. Its recorded residents included Thomas Finney, a surgeon, in the 1850s and Thomas Hayes in 1879."
"This picturesque building of circa 1600 is worthy of note. It was locally known as the manor house and was demolished in 1909. The arched door, the mullioned windows, and the chimney stacks which surmounted the gable were all of simple and effective detail. Within were two fireplaces, one contemporary with the building, the other a century later in date."
He states that the fireplaces are now preserved at Alnwick Castle but I think there is certainly one very similar to the one shown below, with the opposite swords and central heart, in Washington Old Hall, as described in the Northumberland HER entry.
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