The Manor of Swarland was owned from before the time of the Norman Conquest by the de Haslerigg family.

The house which has a four-bay south front and two storeys with attics was built in the late 17th century and incorporates fabric of earlier properties.

The east front is notable for its castellated full height screen wall with three blind Gothic arches.

A railed monument nearby (Grade II listed) records the death of William Haslerigg in 1681.

His son Davison Richard Grieve (High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1788) engaged architect John Carr to build a new mansion (Swarland Hall) nearby.

[1] This is supported by Presbyterian Church history which states that Nonconformist congregation meetings had been held at Swarland Old Hall since 1640.

The drawing of Swarland Old Hall shown was made in 1893 when Robert Yeaman was the tenant farmer with his wife Mary.