Washington Old Hall – Limited Edition Print

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Said to be the ancestral home of America’s first president George Washington.

Washington Old Hall in Washington Village is a stone built 17th Century manor house surrounded by leafy trees and a nut garden.

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Dimensions 57 × 38.5 cm
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Washington Old Hall Prints

Watercolour Prints of the Grand Hall that was said to be George Washington’s Ancestral home. The Old Hall in Washington Village is a stone built 17th Century manor house surrounded by leafy trees and a nut garden. This is now a National Trust property.

About The Hall

At the heart of historic Washington village this picturesque stone manor house and its gardens provide a tranquil oasis. Reflecting gentry life following the turbulence of the English Civil War.

The building incorporates parts of the original medieval home of George Washington’s direct ancestors. And it is from here that the family took their surname of ‘Washington’.

Much used and loved by local people, including a hugely supportive Friends organisation.

Manor House

Thirteenth-century manor house associated with the family of George Washington, first president of the USA.

The origins of the first President of the United States, George Washington, are right here in Washington village.

In the ancient County Palatine of Durham, and dating back to Anglo-Saxon times. The name has variously been spelt Wessynton, Whessingtun and Wassington.

It’s now commonly known and spelt as Washington – even if some locals pronounce it Weshintun.

The origins of the ‘Washington’ name

Around 1180, William de Hertburn, a tenant of the Bishop of Durham Hugh le Puiset, exchanged his holding near Stockton for that of Washington.

The bishop was reorganising his estates and needed Hertburn to consolidate his lands. These were in that part of the Bishopric, or district.

Washington, other than for the land belonging to the church, was untenanted and, therefore, available to William. With Washington now his new home and as custom dictated, William assumed ‘de Wessyngton’ as his new surname.

Building Washington Old Hall

Washington Old Hall incorporates a large portion of a medieval manor which was home to the Washington family. Whether William built himself a new manor house or moved into an existing one is unknown.

The earliest parts of this building date to the mid-13th century. A time when there was relative peace on the Anglo-Scottish border and funds were available from the marriages of successive Washingtons to wealthy widows.

Parts of the original building remain. The most obvious being the pointed arches at the west end of the Great Hall. Which could have been part of a screen passage arrangement connecting the hall with the kitchens.

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