Seaton Delaval Castle (Seaton Valley)
[NZ 3225 7645] Castle (Supposed site of). (1)
A tower at Seaton Delaval is mentioned in 1415, though no license to crenellate is known. Additions were made to it in the 16th and 17th centuries and in 1549 its top was used for a beacon. It is recorded either as being annexed to a Tudor mansion which became the core of the following large Jacobean hall (built 1718-28) or as being demolished together with the Tudor house in 1720. The OS publication is therefore wrong both in description and siting. The only possible description on the evidence is 'Tower', and the site is probably that occupied by Seaton Delaval Hall - NZ 322 765. (2)
No remains of the tower are to be seen at Seaton Delaval Hall, which is now in ruins. (3)
(NZ 3224 7654) Seaton Delaval Hall.
(NZ 3282 7649) Mausoleum. (4)
Seaton Delaval Hall. Grade I. Sir John Vanbrugh architect, circa 1720. (For full description see list). (5)
[See NZ 37 NW 19 for Hall description]
Detailed lidar survey in 2017 has clarified that features in the ground between the formal gardens and the church, that have been speculated to relate to the 'castle' site marked on Ordnance Survey plans, is incorrect. These undulations relate to other identifiable historic features. (6)
Seaton Delaval hall, a large country house of outstanding qualities now open to the public. The OS 1st edition 1/2500 shows the name of the Castle Tower site at approximately NZ 321 763, and not at the present hall, but there is no trace. The monument would presumably have been destroyed during the C18th garden landscaping. (7a)
Listed by Dodds. (7b)
A tower at Seaton Delaval is mentioned in 1415, though no license to crenellate is known. Additions were made to it in the 16th and 17th centuries and in 1549 its top was used for a beacon. It is recorded either as being annexed to a Tudor mansion which became the core of the following large Jacobean hall (built 1718-28) or as being demolished together with the Tudor house in 1720. The OS publication is therefore wrong both in description and siting. The only possible description on the evidence is 'Tower', and the site is probably that occupied by Seaton Delaval Hall - NZ 322 765. (2)
No remains of the tower are to be seen at Seaton Delaval Hall, which is now in ruins. (3)
(NZ 3224 7654) Seaton Delaval Hall.
(NZ 3282 7649) Mausoleum. (4)
Seaton Delaval Hall. Grade I. Sir John Vanbrugh architect, circa 1720. (For full description see list). (5)
[See NZ 37 NW 19 for Hall description]
Detailed lidar survey in 2017 has clarified that features in the ground between the formal gardens and the church, that have been speculated to relate to the 'castle' site marked on Ordnance Survey plans, is incorrect. These undulations relate to other identifiable historic features. (6)
Seaton Delaval hall, a large country house of outstanding qualities now open to the public. The OS 1st edition 1/2500 shows the name of the Castle Tower site at approximately NZ 321 763, and not at the present hall, but there is no trace. The monument would presumably have been destroyed during the C18th garden landscaping. (7a)
Listed by Dodds. (7b)
N11954
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1954; E Geary
HERITAGE ASSESSMENT, The Curtain Rises, Seaton Delaval Hall 2017; Southern Green
AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING INTERPRETATION, Historical gardens within and around the bastions at Seaton Delaval 2017; The National Trust
HERITAGE ASSESSMENT, The Curtain Rises, Seaton Delaval Hall 2017; Southern Green
AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING INTERPRETATION, Historical gardens within and around the bastions at Seaton Delaval 2017; The National Trust
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