Seaton Holme © DCC 2000


Seaton Holme rear © DCC 2004


Seaton Holme, South elevation. February 2000


Seaton Holme, Easington. Guest wing/oratory 13th century. South elevation. February 2000


Photograph of Seaton Holme, south elevation 2016

Seaton Holme may have been built as early as 1249 as a house for a bishop. It was rebuilt in the 15th century as an open hall. A wing to the east was of mid 13th century date, but a west wing was probably added in the 15th century. Dendrochronology has shown that the hall was re-roofed in 1479 and again 1572. The building had its windows replaced in the 18th century. Another medieval building stands to the north. This may have been the oratory. A stone in the west end of the manor house appears to mention that it was rebuilt in 1747 or 1847.

The east wing was at least partly rebuilt in the late 13th-early 14th century. The wing housed services on the ground floor and provided a great chamber on the first. The hall range was rebuilt with a considerably taller open hall in the second half of the 15th century, by being raised in height by almost one metre. The trusses of the east wing have timbers dating to both the late 15th and late 16th centuries, suggesting that the wing may have been re-roofed at the same time that the hall range was rebuilt, but was then at least partially rebuilt a century later. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries the building was extensively renovated, in the course of which the interior was remodelled and the west wing virtually rebuilt. Alterations in 1989 included the demolition of a two storey stone built structure which stood between the north wall of the hall and the west wall of the east wing, and a pair of stone built wings which projected from the east wall of the east wing.

To the north of Seaton Holme is a two storey building of stone construction, formerly an outbuilding of the rectory. The date and original function of the building is not know, there are a number of medieval windows and possible doorways on the first floor of the building. In the late 19th-early 20th century the outbuilding was converted in to a farm house and barn. In November 1921 the Rectory and its garden were sold to the Easington Union for use as a children's home.

The building was sold by the church in 1921 and is now offices and an interpretation centre. This is a Grade 1 listed building protected by law.