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Alton Side Bastle (east)

In the civil parish of Haydon.
In the historic county of Northumberland.
Modern Authority of Northumberland.
1974 county of Northumberland.

OS Map Grid Reference: NY85636517
Latitude 54.98074° Longitude -2.22653°

Alton Side Bastle (east) has been described as a probable Bastle.

There are masonry ruins/remnants remains.

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

Description

A pair of post-medieval bastles stand side by side at Alton Side. They were built in the 16th century and altered in the 18th and 20th centuries. The western bastle is the oldest building and was extended to the east to make another bastle. A number of original features survive, including the walls between 1m and 1.2m thick, as well as a blocked first floor doorway. (Keys to the Past)

Pair of bastle houses, C16, altered C18 and C20. Rubble with large roughly-shaped quoins, slate roof, squared stone stack on right gable. Left gable stack rebuilt in brick on old base. Front elevation shows remains of original ground floor door to right of Cl9 boarded door. Other openings C18 and C20. Rear elevation with blocked 1st floor door to east bastle, square-headed with moulded surround, and blocked single-light window in chamfered surround. Wall of west bastle set slightly forward. C20 windows. Range of former farmbuildings adjoining west bastle not of interest. (Listed Building Report)
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This record last updated on Wednesday, May 28, 2014

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