Red Lion Hotel, Haltwhistle. Photo by Peter Ryder.

NY 70776411 The Red Lion Hotel, Haltwhistle is a converted pele tower dated 1415. (1)

The tower has been partially modernised and incorporated in the south east corner of the Hotel. See G.P.s AO/56/363/4 and 5. (2)

Red Lion Inn, a restored tower. (3)

Detailed description. (4)

Red Lion Hotel. Grade II* listed building. Probably a mid 15th century pele tower with early-mid 18th century wing. Entire street front refaced and refenstrated in late 18th to early 19th century. The pele tower is important as a rare urban survival. (5)

Assessment of tower. (6)

Results of watching brief. (7)

Pele tower of early/mid 15th century date, with an early/mid 18th century wing to the left and 19th century additions to the rear. The street front was refaced and refenestrated in the late 18th/early 19th century. Built of stone rubble, with a rendered and painted front, and tiled roofs. Now a hotel. Listed Grade II*. (8a)

The tower at Haltwhistle was extant in 1415, and following the addition of a 3-storey wing in the early 18th century, was refaced and merged into a single building, opening as a hotel in 1880. (8b-c)