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Dalden Tower

A Grade II* Listed Building in Seaham, County Durham

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.8318 / 54°49'54"N

Longitude: -1.3473 / 1°20'50"W

OS Eastings: 442024

OS Northings: 548742

OS Grid: NZ420487

Mapcode National: GBR MD1K.3R

Mapcode Global: WHD5L.8TN8

Plus Code: 9C6WRMJ3+P3

Entry Name: Dalden Tower

Listing Date: 21 June 1950

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1232268

English Heritage Legacy ID: 407589

Also known as: Dalden Tower: a medieval fortified manor house and related earthworks

ID on this website: 101232268

Location: Parkside, County Durham, SR7

County: County Durham

Civil Parish: Seaham

Built-Up Area: Seaham

Traditional County: Durham

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): County Durham

Church of England Parish: Seaham Harbour and Dawdon

Church of England Diocese: Durham

Tagged with: Tower Archaeological site Fortified manor house

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Description


NZ 44 NW 421488 SEAHAM DAWDON DENE
(West side)


4/31 Dalden Tower

21.6.50

II*

Fragmentary remains of a medieval hall or tower house. C14 or slightly earlier.
Roughly dressed limestone and sandstone walls with rubble infill. Rectangular plan
c.l0 x 15 metres. North, east and west walls c.1.5 metres thick and up to 8 metres
high; low south wall. North wall has irregular opening and remains of rebated jamb
at ground level and a 1st floor corbel course. West wall has chimney recess and
fragmentary jamb at south-west corner. East wall adjoins low south wall and has
chimney recess and, to right at 1st floor level, a decorated rectangular niche
probably of early C14 date. Niche framed by attached colonnettes has roughly square
panel decorated by ogee arch with reticulated tracery in tympanum and 4 flanking
carved representations of traceried windows. Lintel above has worn decorative
feature crowning arch and 2 flanking shields. Rebates within niche suggest that
it contained a wooden shelf and was probably a buffet for the display of plate
or food. East wall continues to left and has a dressed stone jamb and the remains
of a splayed opening at ground level. Excavations during 1965-6 revealed further
considerable remains.

Dalden Tower is a scheduled Ancient Monument.

"Theodore Nicholson, Report of Excavations at Dalden Tower 1965-6, Antiquities of
[Sunderland Vol XXIV 1969"]


Listing NGR: NZ4202448742

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