More information : (NZ 08928609) Tower (LB) (Rems. of) (1)
The oldest part of the vicarage is the Pele Tower, with heavy masonry, chamfered pediment and vaulted ceiling. (2)
Connected to the NW angle of the vicarage, but now a separate dwelling, is a much-modernised building, with walls up to 1.0m thick and a barrel-vaulted ceiling to the ground floor. Probably the remains of a pele. See photograph. (3)
Medieval structure connected to the north western corner of the former vicarage. The main block is thought to be 16th century in date while the south east wing was added in the mid 18th century. The building was remodelled in the early 19th century and considerably altered during the 20th century. The earliest wing may have been a pele tower or a hall house of 13th or 14th century date. Stone-built with slate roofs. Now two dwellings. Listed Grade II. (4)
A pele was originally built as a free-standing building in the early years of the 12th century, and the church later extended to join it. The tithe corn was stored in the vaulted ground floor, monks from Tynemouth Priory occupying the upper floor. Between 1250 and 1312 the Templars held the manor and church, significantly altered the church, and built a new vicarage with pele to the North-West. The vicarage was extende in the reigns of Edward VI and George II, and is now a mansion. (5) |