Whitton The Pines (The Gatehouse Record)

In the civil parish of Tosson.
In the historic county of Northumberland.
Modern Authority of Northumberland.
1974 county of Northumberland.
Medieval County of Northumberland.

OS Map Grid Reference: NU05820114
Latitude 55.30442° Longitude -1.90975°

Whitton The Pines has been described as a probable Bastle.

There are masonry ruins/remnants remains.

This is a Grade 2 listed building protected by law*.

Description

Farmhouse, now part of hotel. Mid C18 with older core. Ashlar with Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys, 3 bays. C20 panelled door and 4-pane sashes in raised stone surrounds. Steeply-pitched roof with flat coping and kneelers Corniced left end stack; the right gable has a partly external stack.
To rear, old masonry in lower courses. Pointed-arched stair window with raised surround and intersecting glazing bars.
Inside a very large blocked fireplace with Tudor-arched lintel. (Listed Building Report)

Further research on The Pines is suggested in order to ascertain whether it originated as a bastle house or not - this could hopefully remove the mystery about its 'older core'. (Whitton Conservation Area Charater Appraisal 2008)

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Heritage List for England Listed Building number(s) 1155452
Further information may be available from the holder of the county Historic Environment Record.

Other sources: Theses; 'grey' literature; in-house reports; unpublished works; etc.
- 2008, Whitton Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Matters (North of England Civic Trust for Alnwick Distrcit Council) download copy

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Suggestions for finding online and/or hard copies of bibliographical sources can be seen at this link.
Minor archaeological investigations, such as watching brief reports, and some other 'grey' literature is most likely to be held by H.E.R.s but is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded here, or elsewhere, but some suggestions can be found here.

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*The listed building may not be the actual medieval building, but a building on the site of, or incorporating fragments of, the described site.

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