Todburn Steel (Slaley)
Todburn Steel Farmhouse, Slaley. Photo by Peter Ryder.
Two bastles at Todburn Steel. (1)
Pair of bastle houses, now one dwelling. Late C16/early C17, western bastle heightened in early C19, further alterations 1983. Large rubble with dressings, boulder plinth; slate roof on west part, asbestos sheets on east part, brick stacks. South elevation 2 storeys, 4 bays, irregular. Left 2-bay part has 4-pane sashes to 1st floor (ground floor behind C20 glazed extension); coped gables with stepped end stacks, that to left corniced. Lower right part has renewed door in chamfered surround (head partly cut away) and C20 window to right. 12-pane Yorkshire sash and 12-pane sash (in former door opening) with small blocked window between. Left return shows blocked byre door in chamfered heavy block surround inside later outhouse.
Interior: eastern bastle has 1.2m thick walls and is probably the earlier of the pair. Some old 1st floor beams, 1 principal-rafter truss with collar; 2 levels of purlins; ridge is later addition. Listed Grade II. (2)
Additional references. (3,4)
Pair of bastle houses, now one dwelling. Late C16/early C17, western bastle heightened in early C19, further alterations 1983. Large rubble with dressings, boulder plinth; slate roof on west part, asbestos sheets on east part, brick stacks. South elevation 2 storeys, 4 bays, irregular. Left 2-bay part has 4-pane sashes to 1st floor (ground floor behind C20 glazed extension); coped gables with stepped end stacks, that to left corniced. Lower right part has renewed door in chamfered surround (head partly cut away) and C20 window to right. 12-pane Yorkshire sash and 12-pane sash (in former door opening) with small blocked window between. Left return shows blocked byre door in chamfered heavy block surround inside later outhouse.
Interior: eastern bastle has 1.2m thick walls and is probably the earlier of the pair. Some old 1st floor beams, 1 principal-rafter truss with collar; 2 levels of purlins; ridge is later addition. Listed Grade II. (2)
Additional references. (3,4)
N8362
Post Medieval (1540 to 1901)
20th Century (1901 to 2000)
20th Century (1901 to 2000)
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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