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The Old Farmhouse c.50 yards east of Coldtown Farmhouse (Corsenside)

Cold Town bastle, Corsenside. Photo by Peter Ryder.
Cold Town bastle, Corsenside. Photo by Peter Ryder.
NY 891884. At Coldtown is a barn 21 x 34 feet. Much of it has been rebuilt, including perhaps the whole of the upper storey. In the west gable wall is a doorway in the lower storey and at the east end stone corbelling projects internally to carry a hearth. (See type site NY 88 SE 14). (1)

NY 89138846 As described but not outstanding. Externally the building has been extensively rebuilt and is now of little interest. See illustration. (2)

The Old Farmhouse c.50 yards east of Coldtown Farmhouse. Grade II listed building. Bastle house, now agricultural store. Late 16th/17th century. (3)

Description. (4)

Listed by Dodds. (5a)
N7961
Post Medieval (1540 to 1901)
20th Century (1901 to 2000)
Listed Building
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1974; E C Waight
THEMATIC SURVEY, Towers and Bastles in Northumberland 1995; P RYDER
PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY, Towers and Bastles in Northumberland 1995; P RYDER


Source of Reference
Local History of Corsenside

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