Where is The Moot Hall?

The Moot Hall is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode NE46 1XF), in the parish of Hexham.

How do I get to The Moot Hall?

The nearest railway station is Hexham, about 0.4 km away. Drivers can use postcode NE46 1XF.

Is The Moot Hall a listed building?

The Moot Hall is officially recognised as Grade I listed building listed.

Is The Moot Hall a protected site?

Yes — The Moot Hall is part of the North Pennines National Landscape (AONB).

How do I get to The Moot Hall?

The nearest railway station is Hexham, about 0.4 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode NE46 1XF.

Museums · North East England

The Moot Hall

In or near Hexham.

♿ Wheelchair: limited

The Moot Hall in England North East, United Kingdom.

The Forum - geograph.org.uk - 7899070 — Oliver Dixon — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

Plan your visit

Typical visit: 1.5 h–3 h
Best time of year: Year-round
Nearest railway station: Hexham · 0.4 km

Family-friendly
Limited wheelchair access

Getting there & planning your visit

To visit The Moot Hall, the nearest railway station is Hexham, located 0.4 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is NE46 1XF. Entry has limited wheelchair accessibility.

Directions on Google Maps →

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.

Photo gallery

See it from the streetimagery from 2021

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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.

Protected designations

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: North Pennines

Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.

From the Wikipedia article

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
District: Northumberland
Parish: Hexham
Postcode: NE46 1XF
Parliamentary constituency: Hexham
Established: 1379
Nearest railway station: Hexham — 0.4 km

Sources

wikidata: Q17527451 (CC0)
wikipedia: Moot Hall, Hexham (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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