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

Lats/Lons:

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.