The Riding Farmhouse bastle (Bellingham)
(NY 82608413) An old Pele tower has been converted into a portion of the farmhouse 'The Riding'. It still retains many of its old features. (1)
The remains of an ancient building are contained within the fabric of the modern farmhouse. Overall measurements of the remains are 11.2m x 5.4m, they stand to an approximate height of 9m and the walling has a thickness of 1.4m.
There are no dateable architectural features to be seen, all windows and doors being modern insertions, and the roof being tiled, there is no evidence of ground floor vaulting or of an outer staircase to the upper floor - as might be expected if the building were a Pele tower as affirmed by Authority 2.
The dimensions of the remains indicate the probability that it is a 'strong-house' of the 16th/17th centuries, of which there are many examples in the neighbourhood.
The present owner has no knowledge of the history of the building. (2)
Condition unchanged. (3)
NY 825842 Bastle, modernised and enlarged as a farmhouse. Original building 36-1/2 X 19-1/2 feet with walls 4-1/2 ft. thick. (See type site NY 88 SE 14). (4)
Bastle c.11m x 6.4m, with later additions. Walls of massive rubble, with galleting; side walls 1.2-1.3m thick. South door (inside 20th century porch) has rounded arris to head and jambs; may be original first floor door moved down wall. Other features of house all 19th century except old fireplace in ground floor west room; this has a roughly chamfered bressumer. Late 18th/19th century additions to north and east. Farmbuildings also 19th century. (5)
Dertailed description. (6)
The Riding. Listed Grade II. (7a)
Listed by Cathcart King and by Dodds. (7b,c)
The remains of an ancient building are contained within the fabric of the modern farmhouse. Overall measurements of the remains are 11.2m x 5.4m, they stand to an approximate height of 9m and the walling has a thickness of 1.4m.
There are no dateable architectural features to be seen, all windows and doors being modern insertions, and the roof being tiled, there is no evidence of ground floor vaulting or of an outer staircase to the upper floor - as might be expected if the building were a Pele tower as affirmed by Authority 2.
The dimensions of the remains indicate the probability that it is a 'strong-house' of the 16th/17th centuries, of which there are many examples in the neighbourhood.
The present owner has no knowledge of the history of the building. (2)
Condition unchanged. (3)
NY 825842 Bastle, modernised and enlarged as a farmhouse. Original building 36-1/2 X 19-1/2 feet with walls 4-1/2 ft. thick. (See type site NY 88 SE 14). (4)
Bastle c.11m x 6.4m, with later additions. Walls of massive rubble, with galleting; side walls 1.2-1.3m thick. South door (inside 20th century porch) has rounded arris to head and jambs; may be original first floor door moved down wall. Other features of house all 19th century except old fireplace in ground floor west room; this has a roughly chamfered bressumer. Late 18th/19th century additions to north and east. Farmbuildings also 19th century. (5)
Dertailed description. (6)
The Riding. Listed Grade II. (7a)
Listed by Cathcart King and by Dodds. (7b,c)
N7981
Post Medieval (1540 to 1901)
20th Century (1901 to 2000)
20th Century (1901 to 2000)
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1970; D Smith
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