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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Dalden Tower at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17536600

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)