Crook Hall | |
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General information | |
Coordinates | 54°46′57″N 1°34′29″W / 54.7825°N 1.5747°W |
Construction started | 13th-14th century |
Completed | 18th century |
Website | |
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/north-east/crook-hall-gardens/index | |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Official name | Crook Hall |
Designated | 6 May 1952 |
Reference no. | 1192563[1] |
Crook Hall is a Grade I listed house built in the 13th or 14th to 18th centuries, located in the Framwelgate area of the City of Durham.[1]
The oldest part is an open hall house dating from the 13th or 14th century, built in sandstone with a Welsh slate roof. It is the only known domestic open hall in County Durham. In the 17th century the hall was extended to form a Jacobean manor house; then in the 18th century a large brick Georgian house was appended to the 17th-century wing, making up a house of 11 bays in all. It is surrounded by English country style gardens,[1][2] seen as among the best in the north of England.