The Bastle (Tow House) (Henshaw)
Doorway at The Bastle at Tow House, Henshaw. Photo by Peter Ryder.
NY 767643 Tow House [NAT]. (1)
Tow House is a bastle now modernised as a cottage, 23-1/4 x 32-1/2 feet with walls 4-1/2 ft thick. The south front is plastered, obscuring any remains of original openings. In the west end the original entrance to the lower storey is blocked. A substantial stone chimney at the east end may be original. In the south east corner is a spiral stone stair which, if original, is unique in this type of building. (See Type-site NY 88 SE 14). (2)
Solitary form bastle, measures 9.9 x 7.1m externally, with walls 1.4m thick. Byre entrance in gable wall, first floor form - beamed ceiling. Location of first floor door uncertain. Present state - house. (3)
Late 16th century bastle, with a late 18th/early 19th century outshut to the rear, now modernised and in use as a house. The stone-built structure is 2 storeyed, with stone tile and slate roofs and a possibly original and unique stone spiral staircase within. Listed Grade II*. (4)
Detailed description. (5)
Listed by Dodds. (6a)
Tow House is a bastle now modernised as a cottage, 23-1/4 x 32-1/2 feet with walls 4-1/2 ft thick. The south front is plastered, obscuring any remains of original openings. In the west end the original entrance to the lower storey is blocked. A substantial stone chimney at the east end may be original. In the south east corner is a spiral stone stair which, if original, is unique in this type of building. (See Type-site NY 88 SE 14). (2)
Solitary form bastle, measures 9.9 x 7.1m externally, with walls 1.4m thick. Byre entrance in gable wall, first floor form - beamed ceiling. Location of first floor door uncertain. Present state - house. (3)
Late 16th century bastle, with a late 18th/early 19th century outshut to the rear, now modernised and in use as a house. The stone-built structure is 2 storeyed, with stone tile and slate roofs and a possibly original and unique stone spiral staircase within. Listed Grade II*. (4)
Detailed description. (5)
Listed by Dodds. (6a)
N6840
THEMATIC SURVEY, Towers and Bastles in Northumberland 1995; P RYDER
PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY, Towers and Bastles in Northumberland 1995; P RYDER
PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY, Towers and Bastles in Northumberland 1995; P RYDER
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