More information : NY 767643 Tow House [NAT] (1)
Tow House is a bastle now modernised as a cottage, 23 1/4 X 32 1/2 feet with walls 4 1/2 ft thick. The South front is plastered,
obscuring any remains of original openings. In the w. end the original entrance to the lower storey is blocked. A substantial stone chimney at the E. end may be original. In the SE corner is a spiral stone stair which, if original, is unique in this type of
building. (See Type-site NY 88 SE 14) (2)
Late 16th century bastle, with a late 18th/early 19th century outshut to the rear, now modernised and in use as a house. The stone-built structure is 2 storeyed, with stone tile and slate roofs and a possibly original and unique stone spiral staircase within. LIsted Grade II*. (3)
Listed by Dodds. (4) |