Museums · North East England
The Moot Hall
The Moot Hall in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
About
The Moot 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.
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Heritage listing
The Moot Hall is a former judicial structure in The Market Place, Hexham, Northumberland, England. The structure, which currently accommodates an art gallery on the ground floor and the museums department of Northumberland County Council on the upper floors, is a Grade I listed building.
From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Moot Hall is a former judicial structure in The Market Place, Hexham, Northumberland, England. The structure, which currently accommodates an art gallery on the ground floor and the museums department of Northumberland County Council on the upper floors, is a Grade I listed building.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The building was commissioned by the Archbishop of York, Alexander Neville, as a gatehouse to an enclosure now known as Hallgate, where the Old Gaol stands. The Moot Hall was designed in the Medieval style, built in rubble masonry and was completed in around 1379. The design involved a four-storey tower, with a three-storey annexe to the left, facing onto the Market Place. The tower featured a two-storey round headed recess containing a vaulted carriageway on the ground floor and a bi-partite mullioned window with cusped heads on the first floor. There were lancet windows on the floors above and a parapet at roof level. The annex was fenestrated by a single window with a cusped head on the…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.9716, -2.1008
- Address
- Market Place, Hexham
- Established
- 1379
Sources
- wikidata: Q17527451 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Moot Hall, Hexham (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is The Moot Hall?
- The Moot Hall is in North-East England, United Kingdom.
- When was The Moot Hall built?
- Built or established in 1379.
- Is The Moot Hall a listed building?
- The Moot Hall is officially recognised as Grade I listed building listed.