Newbrough

Coordinates: 55°00′20″N 2°11′55″W / 55.0055°N 2.1985°W / 55.0055; -2.1985

Newbrough
Stanegate, Newbrough
Newbrough  Newbrough shown within Northumberland
OS grid reference	NY874679
Unitary authority	Northumberland
Ceremonial county	Northumberland
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HEXHAM
Postcode district	NE47
Dialling code	01434
Police	Northumbria
Fire	Northumberland
Ambulance	North East
EU Parliament	North East England
UK Parliament	Hexham
List of places: UK • England • Northumberland

 

Newbrough is a village in Northumberland, England. The village lies on the north bank of the River South Tyne about 5 miles (8 km) west of Hexham.

History

Newbrough was anciently part of the Manor of Thornton. The mediæval tower house known as Thornton Tower was reported to be in a state of decay in a survey in 1541. The Grade II listed building is now completely ruinous.

Governance

Newbrough is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham.

Landmarks

Newbrough Hall is an early 19th century country house at Newbrough. It is a Grade II* listed building.

The estate was held by John Armstrong in 1692 and by John Bacon in the early 18th century. In 1811 the property passed to Bacon’s great grandson, the Reverend Henry Wastell.

Wastell built a new house in 1812 adjacent to the old tower, to a design by architect John Dobson. The estate later passed to his daughter and her husband of 1901, Colonel Coulson. They commissioned architect Francis William Deas (1862-1951) to modernise the house in 1902. The resulting two storey house, with five bays of which the central was pedimented, was extended with two rear wings attached to the 1813 coach house to create a central courtyard. The house was equipped with electricity for which purpose a detached powerhouse was erected in the grounds. The powerhouse, now a separate dwelling, is Grade II listed.

Newbrough Town Hall, thought to be one of the finest in Tynedale, was built in 1876 and extensively modernised in 2000.^[1]

Stanegate

Newbrough and Fourstones are on the Stanegate Roman road, built in A.D. 71, which runs from east to west and formed the original northern frontier before the building of Hadrian’s Wall. Newbrough’s church stands on the site of one of the line of forts along this road.^[1][2]

Education

Newbrough CE First School, (Northumberland Local Education Authority) is an Infant School. It is a mixed school of Church of England religion.^[3]

See also

• Newbrough Hall

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Village website (Fourstones & Newbrough)". http://www.fourstonesandnewbrough.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-11-20. 
2. ^ "Hadrians Wall country". http://www.hadrianswallcountry.org/towndetails.asp?id=37. Retrieved 2008-11-20. 
3. ^ "Newbrough CE First School". http://www.axcis.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-11-22. 

External links

• Village website (Fourstones & Newbrough) (Accessed: 20 November 2008)
• Northumberland Communities (Accessed: 10 November 2008)