Parson's Tower (Simonburn)
Tower (Parson's) at Simonburn. (1)
A little tower; the mansion of the parsonage in measurable good repair. (2)
A fortified rectory house existed in or before the 15th century, and in 1490 it is referred to as 'a gate or castle'. It has now entirely disappeared.
A new building seems to have been commenced in 1666, as stated on an inscription set in the present rectory, but in 1725 an early Georgian house was built. (3)
The front part of the house was built around 1745, and at the rear is a fragment of the 1666 building; this date appears with an inscription over the original doorway. There are no remains of the early fortified Vicarage. The stones have been used to construct the garden wall north east of the house. See illustration card. (4)
[NY 87047360] Rectory. (5)
NY 87037361 Report by Phillips (4) confirmed. (6)
Condition unchanged. (7)
Former rectory, built circa 1725 and incorporating part of a building dated 1666. The house is built of sandstone ashlar and rubble, with slate roofs and is T-shaped in plan. It stands on the site of a vicar's pele, which was built in or before the 15th century. Listed Grade II. (8a)
A little tower; the mansion of the parsonage in measurable good repair. (2)
A fortified rectory house existed in or before the 15th century, and in 1490 it is referred to as 'a gate or castle'. It has now entirely disappeared.
A new building seems to have been commenced in 1666, as stated on an inscription set in the present rectory, but in 1725 an early Georgian house was built. (3)
The front part of the house was built around 1745, and at the rear is a fragment of the 1666 building; this date appears with an inscription over the original doorway. There are no remains of the early fortified Vicarage. The stones have been used to construct the garden wall north east of the house. See illustration card. (4)
[NY 87047360] Rectory. (5)
NY 87037361 Report by Phillips (4) confirmed. (6)
Condition unchanged. (7)
Former rectory, built circa 1725 and incorporating part of a building dated 1666. The house is built of sandstone ashlar and rubble, with slate roofs and is T-shaped in plan. It stands on the site of a vicar's pele, which was built in or before the 15th century. Listed Grade II. (8a)
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FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1956; A S Phillips
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1962; E G Cameron
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1965; J R Foster
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1962; E G Cameron
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1965; J R Foster
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