Castle Garth, Moot Hall 2
Castle Garth, Moot Hall 2
HER Number
6984
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Castle Garth, Moot Hall 2
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Civil
Site Type: Broad
Legal Site
Site Type: Specific
County Court
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
The new Moot Hall was began in 1810. Designed by John Stokoe, as Northumberland County Court and Prisons, but called the Moot Hall because it replaced the medieval one (HER 6540). It was finished in 1812. LISTED GRADE 1
Easting
425100
Northing
563860
Grid Reference
NZ425100563860
Sources
L. Wilkes and G. Dodds, 1964, Tyneside Classical - The Newcastle of Grainger, Dobson and Clayton; N. Pevsner and I. Richmond, second edition revised by G. McCombie, P. Ryder and H. Welfare, 1992, The Buildings of England - Northumberland, p 445, W. Collard and M. Ross, 1842, Architectural and Picturesque Views in Newcastle upon Tyne, pp 26-27; Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 17 and 118; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2018. Moot Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear: Heritage Statement.