Scheduled MonumentsEnglandSteeton Hall medieval magnate's residence and manorial centre

Steeton Hall medieval magnate's residence and manorial centre

England
List entry 1015504
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015504
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
8.12 hectares
Grid reference
SE 48349 31408
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Steeton Hall is a medieval manorial centre and magnate's residence located in Yorkshire, England. The site represents a significant example of high medieval settlement hierarchy, with evidence of substantial aristocratic occupation during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The hall complex originally comprised domestic and administrative buildings characteristic of a major landholding, though its present remains reflect the fragmentary survival typical of medieval secular monuments. The site's archaeological and architectural evidence contributes to understanding the material culture and spatial organisation of elite medieval households in northern England.

Steeton Hall medieval magnate's residence and manorial centre is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015504. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Steeton Hall medieval magnate's residence and manorial centre?

Steeton Hall is a medieval manorial centre and magnate's residence located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015504.

Who is responsible for protecting Steeton Hall medieval magnate's residence and manorial centre?

Steeton Hall medieval magnate's residence and manorial centre is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1015504.

What other scheduled monuments are near Steeton Hall medieval magnate's residence and manorial centre?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Site of 'King Athelstan's Palace', immediately north of the church (2.2 km), Castle Hills prehistoric settlement, field system and medieval wood banks (3.3 km), Saxton Castle: a motte and bailey castle with a later medieval manor house and field system including a trackway and fishpond (5.2 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Steeton Hall medieval magnate's residence and manorial centre

Steeton Hall medieval magnate's residence and manorial centre stands on Zechstein Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Permian. The rock here is dolomitised limestone and dolomite.