Redworth Hall
REDWORTH HALL, MAIN ROAD
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1121213
- Date first listed:
- 16-Jul-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Redworth Hall
- Statutory Address:
- REDWORTH HALL, MAIN ROAD
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2002-04-03
- Reference:
- IOE01/05751/08
- Rights:
- © Mr Alan Bradley. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1121213
- Date first listed:
- 16-Jul-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Redworth Hall
- Statutory Address 1:
- REDWORTH HALL, MAIN ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- REDWORTH HALL, MAIN ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Darlington (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Heighington
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 23956 23221
Details
NZ 22 SW HEIGHINGTON MAIN ROAD (West side, off) Redworth 2/56 Redworth Hall II Large country house, now residential school. C17 core with rear wing of 1744 and additions c.1820 by Robert Surtees, and 1899. Squared sandstone rubble. Plain-tiled roofs. Stone chimney stacks. T-plan: C19 entrance front with off- centre rear wing. Entrance front: 2 storeys plus gabled attics; irregular 6-bay centre flanked by wide, projecting cross-wings. Stone-mullioned 2- and 3-light windows, some transomed, with leaded and latticed casements and moulded labels. Full-height projecting off-centre porch has moulded 4-centred doorway and carved Achievement of Surtees Arms set beneath small gable. Similar projecting 3-storey square bay to left. 3 flanking bays have 2-storey canted stone bay windows with embattled parapets and gabled attics. Left wing has similar 2-storey canted bay windows and attic windows. Right wing has tall canted oriel window with embattled parapet; tall 12-light window and gabled attic on inner left return; stepped external chimney and flanking windows on right return. All gables with moulded copings. Steeply-pitched roofs. Stepped, conjoined and corniced octagonal stacks on ridge. 4-storey square-plan tower, on rear of right wing, with embattled parapet and taller stair turret. 3-storey, 3-bay rear wing has central replaced door in open-pedimented Tuscan doorcase; scattered 12-pane sashes. Interior: mainly C19 features in early C17 style, including large Tudor-arched stone fireplace, with massive carved overmantel and flanking recesses, in former Banqueting Hall. Several 6-panel doors in wood architraves. The home of Robert Surtees (died 1834) the distinguished historian.
Listing NGR: NZ2395623221
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 110807
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 24-Jun-2026 at 12:09:17.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.