Low Rawgreen Bastle (The Gatehouse Record)

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

OS Map Grid Reference: NY92685654
Latitude 54.90358° Longitude -2.11550°

Low Rawgreen Bastle has been described as a certain Bastle.

There are masonry ruins/remnants remains.

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

Description

Farm house and attached bastle house and barn. Early C17, mid C18 and late C19. Coursed rubble with ashlar dressings. Slate roofs,and quoins. 2 storey. Bastle house to north, early C17, with C20 tile roof and single reduced gable stack. East front has central opening with wooden lintel, probably a former doorway, and above 2 glazing bar sashes with ashlar lintels. West front has a doorway to animal houses and to the right a flight of stone steps leading to a former doorway to living accommodation. Attached to north a lean-to pigsty, probably a converted privy. Farmhouse to south, mid C18, raised late C19. Welsh slate roof,with a single ashlar coped gable to south, and 2 brick gable stacks. East front has off-centre doorway with C20 door, flanked by pairs of glazing bar sashes, those to right taller. Above 3 through-eaves gabled dormers, each with a plain sash. Attached to the south a small barn, converted to garage with a stone slate roof, and breathers. Interior of Bastle House has stone fireplace on the first floor and roof with some original timbers. (Listed Building Report)

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Heritage List for England Listed Building number(s) 1052202
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 1308738.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) N14754.

Periodical Articles
- Christopherson, R., 2011, 'Northumberland bastles: origin and distribution' Medieval Settlement Research Vol. 26 p. 21-33 (listed in appendix)

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