Monks' Hall

 'Ostensibly for religious purposes, but really as a stronghold for defence, as well as for aggression, this Monks' Hall, as it was called, partook quite as much of the character of a fortress, as of an ecclesiastical building.' (Varney, chapter 29)

An ecclesiastical ruin situated near to Bannerworth Hall and the Market Town. A symbol of religious oppression and hypocrisy, the ruin was both a site for enforcing Christianity, and a place where monks 'feasted and caroused'.

The Bannerworths played there frequently frequently as children, and are so familiar with the spot that they never visit now.

Beneath the building runs a series of mysterious doors and passages. It is here that Charles Holland is imprisoned by Marchdale and Varney, and where Tom Eccles witnesses Varney's moonlight resurrection. It is also later the scene of Marchdale's death by falling rubble in the storm, and the scene of the Hangman's murder at the hands of the mob.