Walworth, County Durham

[6] The central feature of the village, and its landmark for miles, is its very large, 16th-century mansion house built in the style of a medieval castle, which is now a hotel.

It is thought that Walworth was planned as a village with the previous castle around 1150 by the Hansard family as part of their 1,100 acres (4.5 km2) estate.

[14] At the death of Elizabeth Jenison in 1605, the farm stock inventory included 50 oxen besides cattle, sheep, pigs, horses and corn.

[20] There was another brick and tile works 0.3 miles (0.48 km) north-east of North Farm on Silver Hill, just west of Back Lane.

[21] North of the village, just south of New Moor Farm and just to the west of Walworth Road, is the site of a post-medieval lime kiln.

[26] There is an overgrown well on the west side of Walworth Road and level with the castle gate, at the north end of Tomtit Wood.

[29] On the east side of Walworth Grange are a Grade II listed late 18th- or early 19th-century threshing barn and gin gang.

[30] Parkside Farmhouse at Castle Farm is a listed building, built in the early 19th century with squared limestone walls and purple slate roof.

[31] On its south side is a large 19th-century, two-storey, pantiled, square-plan dovecote which is listed separately along with some sheds, including a possible bee bole.

[33] Also on the south side of the farm house is another set of early 19th-century listed sheds and barn with assorted roofing: asbestos, pantiles and stone flags.

Inside there is evidence of a pointed arch containing a piscina with trefoil head, and a large aumbry at the east end of the south wall.

[9] In 2007 there was a watching brief when an electricity supply trench was dug in the middle of the lost settlement site, just north-east of the farm buildings, but no archaeological evidence was found.

Walworth Castle , the nucleus of the central village
Swan House farm
Barns at Castle Farm
Coldsides Farm, on the edge of the parish
Barns at Castle farm
Site of lost settlement at North Farm