Tyne and Wear HER(6984): Castle Garth, Moot Hall 2 - Details
6984
Newcastle
Castle Garth, Moot Hall 2
Newcastle
NZ26SE
Civil
Legal Site
County Court
POST MEDIEVAL
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Extant Building
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
425100
563860
NZ425100563860
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.