historical interest was found. Old Hall and moated site The Old Hall, one of the farm buildings at the centre of Hall Farm, is a surviving medieval domestic building or manor house, probably dating from the 14th century and remodelled in the 16th and 17th century. It was burned and then re-roofed in the early 21st century, and no internal partitions survive. This is a two-storey listed building which was converted to a barn in the 19th century, has a Welsh slate roof and seven internal bays. It is built of squared and rubble masonry with ashlar dressing. The structure includes medieval and Tudor carved stone, including mullions and fireplaces. Buttresses, broken arches and fireplaces of the manor are still standing and are incorporated in the Old Hall. It is by , containing two Tudor fireplaces, with the remains of archways on the outside walls at each end. The moated manor house stood at the southern end of the abandoned village site, where there are now farm buildings. In the 16th and 17th centuries the manor had a hall with parlour and chamber over the hall, a new chamber, a little chamber, a "lofte beneath the doors", a buttery, a kitchen and a stable. Depressions in the ground at the southern end of the site indicate the position of the original moat. Chapel It is thought that the chapel was on the high triangular platform at the north end of the site and on the south side of Newton Lane. There is a ditch along the south side of this feature. Evidence for the chapel exists in a licence given in 1414 to Robert Fisher, John Nicholson and John Deves to hold religious services in a chapel at Archdeacon Newton. Enclosure Another enclosure has been identified by aerial photography north-west of the hamlet, and on the south side of Newton Lane. References External links Map of Archdeacon Newton Old map of Archdeacon Newton, 1896–1913 Walks around the Borough of Darlington: No.6, Archdeacon Newton & Walworth (online leaflet) 14-mile (23 km) circular cycle route from Darlington, taking in Archdeacon Newton Villages in County Durham Places in the Borough of Darlington Places in the Tees Valley Civil parishes in County Durham