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Burnlaw Farmhouse
Hob Uid: 15101
Location : Northumberland Allendale
Grid Ref : NY7908057500
Summary : Bastle built in 1602, a house added to it in 1662. Further extended in the 18th century and altered in the 19th century. The small chapel in the cellar was probably once used as a Quaker meeting house.
More information : [NY 79085750] Burnlaw [T.I.] (1) Burnlaw is a farmhouse incorporating the remains of a bastle house, with 17th c. (datestone T.S.1662) and later additions. In the cellar is a small, domestic chapel, which was probably used as a Quaker meeting house. See sketch plan, and G.Ps. AO 56/358/4 & 5 for N and S.E. aspects. (2) Correctly described. Not outstanding. (3) NY 791575 Remains of bastle. (See Type Site NY 88 SE 14). The original building appears to have been a bastle measuring 43.5 feet by 23 feet internally. Against the North-East side is a two-storey building dated 1662. (4) Burnlaw Farmhouse. Bastle of the 16th or early 17th century, remodelled and extended in the later 17th century (lintel inscribed '1662'), further extended in the 18th century and altered in the 19th century. The small chapel in the cellar was was probably once used as a Quaker meeting house. Listed Grade II. (5) The bastle was built in 1602 and the house adjoining it in 1662. Listed by Cathcart King and by Dodds. (6,7)

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Source details : Shielings and Bastles 1970. 80. No.21. R.C.H.M
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Source details : District of Tynedale, 23-AUG-1985
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Built 1602
Monument End Date : 1602
Monument Start Date : 1602
Monument Type : Bastle
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : 1650-1899
Monument End Date : 1899
Monument Start Date : 1650
Monument Type : Chapel, Friends Meeting House
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Built 1662
Monument End Date : 1662
Monument Start Date : 1662
Monument Type : House, Date Stone
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Extended C18
Monument End Date : 1799
Monument Start Date : 1700
Monument Type : House
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Altered C19
Monument End Date : 1900
Monument Start Date : 1801
Monument Type : House
Evidence : Extant Building

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External Cross Reference Source : Listed Building List Entry Legacy Uid
External Cross Reference Number : 240122
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 75 NE 1
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1956-11-05
End Date : 1956-11-05

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1966-10-29
End Date : 1966-10-29

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Burnlaw Farmhouse