Description

DENWICK A 1068
NU 11 SE
(West side)
10/32 Ruins of St.
Leonard's Hospital
31.12.69
II

Hospital ruins, c.1200 re-erected c.1845 by F.R. Wilson. Squared stone and
rubble with cut dressings. Hall with narrower chapel to east and other
buildings (now grassed-over foundations) on south. Part of south wall of hall
stands with round-arched doorway showing continuous chevron moulding, and
indented hood; north jamb and a few moulded voussoirs of hall/chapel arch.

Hospital founded between 1193 and 1216 by Eustace de Vescy; annexed to Alnwick
Abbey 1376. Buried remains rediscovered when the field was ploughed in 1845,
and re-erected on original footings.

SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENT

Listing NGR: NU1880214382

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26652244

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)