Buckshott farmhouse

Description

Buckshott Farm lies on the south side of the Derwent valley c1 km south-east of Blanchland. The principal farm buildings form a linear group; the oldest part, the core of the present farmhouse, is probably a bastle. The original building measures c10.0 by 6.2m externally; its rear (north) wall is 1.2m thick ( but the other walls seem to have been thinned internally; both southern angle quoins remain, but the wall between them, is only 0.63m thick. A projecting block at the foot of the south-eastern quoin has an interesting drilled hollow or 'cup', possibly a Prehistoric feature reused. There can be little doubt from the size of the building, its thick walls and the character of its masonry that it was originally a bastle. (Keys to the Past)

Farmhouse and byres. Probably early C17 with additions. Thin courses of sandstone and limestone rubble with massive millstone grit quoins; ashlar dressings; stone-flagged roofs. 2-storey, 2-bay older part. Lower 2-storey, 4-bay byre on right with one-storey, 3-bay extension.
First build has 2 wide ground-floor C20 windows with concrete sills and lintels, and 2 square first-floor windows with flat stone lintels and thin stone sills. Chamfered square-headed blocked door in left addition otherwise obscured by left wing; end chimneys. Right byre has partly-glazed boarded door at left, with large irregular-block jambs and flat stone lintel; ground floor partly obscured by C20 additions; 3 small square first-floor openings. Rear of older part has very irregular plinth and quoins and is battered to one metre below eaves; thinner wall set into this. Interior not inspected but blocked door reported in former return gable wall.
Barn and one-storey addition included for group value.
C20 additions not of interest. (Listed Building Report)