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ROKEBY, North Riding

Rokeby Park Entrance Lodge                     NZ 079 141

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The early 19th century Greek revival-style entrance to Rokeby Park was built for J.B.S. Morritt. The lodge has a Doric porch.


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The gate piers are decorated with Greek key design and are surmounted with stone sphinxes.

Sphinx                                                               NZ 081 141

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  A sphinx guards the entrance to the rear of Rokeby Hall.

Roman Altars                                                   NZ 082 141

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  The five Roman altars on a platform near to Rokeby Hall   were erected in the 18th century. On one of the altars   there is an inscription dedicated to Mars, and the   word Enemnogenus, probably the name of the man who   inscribed it.

  The stones were found at Greta Bridge on the   Stainmoor Road.

Abbey Bridge Toll Lodges                          NZ 006 149

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  The one arched bridge over the River Tees has   castellated parapets and was built in 1773 for J. S. Morrit   for easier access to his Rokeby Estate from Barnard   Castle.

  A toll was payable until the mid 20th century. The bridge   was strengthened in 1982 and modified in 1998.
 
  The toll lodges have been removed.

Mortham Tower                                               NZ 086 142

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Probably dating back to the 14th century and with a 15th century tower and 16th century gateway, Mortham Tower was built as a fortified manor house by a member of the Rokeby family when he married the heiress of Mansfield. A previous house on another site is said to have been destroyed by raiding Scotts after the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314.

It features in Sir Walter Scott's poem Rokeby. 

It was restored in 1939 by David Hodges and Kenneth Peacock for Mrs Rhodes Moorhouse.


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