More information : House, the right part originally a bastle house. Later a school and school-master's house. C16 and early C19. Random rubble, especially large in older parts, and tooled-and-margined ashlar dressings.
2 storeys. 2 sections. Left 3 bays early C19. C20 conservatory and sash windows.
Right section has bastle masonry on ground floor, largely rebuilt C18 or early C19 above. On ground floor C20 glazed door and 3 renewed 16-pane sashes. On 1st floor two 16-pane sashes. Gabled roof with left end stack and 2 ridge stacks.
To rear a blocked ground-floor doorway with alternating-block surround. Immediately above, the very worn doorstep of the 1st-floor doorway (cf. Leam Bastle, Corsenside Parish, Tynedale Dist.) Interior: Walls c.42 inches thick on ground floor. The lower part of a finely-cut stone newel stair remains. Listed Grade II. (1,2) |