Where is Swarland Old Hall?

Swarland Old Hall is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.3112°, -1.7498°.

Memorials & monuments · North East England

Swarland Old Hall

Swarland Old Hall in England North East, United Kingdom.

Picea sitchensis - geograph.org.uk - 688649 — Christine Westerback — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

Plan your visit

Typical visit: 15 min–45 min

Swarland Old Hall is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

Photo gallery

From the Wikipedia article

Swarland Old Hall is a small 17th-century country house at Swarland, Northumberland, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. The Manor of Swarland was owned from before the time of the Norman Conquest by the de Haslerigg family. The house which has a four-bay south front and two storeys with attics was built in the late 17th century and incorporates fabric of earlier properties. The east front is notable for its castellated full height screen wall with three blind Gothic arches. A railed monument nearby (Grade II listed) records the death of William Haslerigg in 1681. His brother and heir was High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1698. The estate was acquired by Richard Grieve in 1741. His son Davison Richard Grieve (High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1788) engaged architect John Carr to build a new mansion (Swarland Hall) nearby. The new house, later the home of Alexander Davison was demolished in the 1930s. The old hall passed through many owners. It is currently offered by its present owners as self-catering holiday accommodation.

Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.

Background

History

According to the historian Eneas Mackenzie Swarland Old Hall was built in 1640. This is supported by Presbyterian Church history which states that Nonconformist congregation meetings had been held at Swarland Old Hall since 1640. At this time the owner and possible originator of the Hall was William Heselrigg (died 1662). The Heselrigg family had owned the Swarland estate for centuries and William had inherited it from his father in 1638 so it is possible that he built the Hall soon after this, His eldest son and heir William Heselrigg who died in 1681 is buried in a nearby field. He married twice but had no children so when he died the Hall was inherited by his brother Robert Heselrigg. He…

Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.