Hethpool Tower House |
| Hob Uid: 896 | |
Location :
Northumberland
Kirknewton
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| Grid Ref : NT8966028360 |
| Summary : The ruins of a 14th century pele tower situated in the garden of Hethpool House, on a tongue of land in the confluence of the Elsdon and College Burns. The ruin, which is Listed Grade II, consists of three walls of a square building measuring 7 metres square. It stands to a height of two storeys, with the south west and south east walls measuring 1.6 metres thick. The north east wall is only 0.6 metres thick. The south east wall has an internal set back at first floor level, and a central recess or window above. The building seems to be unusually small for a permanent dwelling, but a reference dating to 1541 referred to it as a 'lytle stone house or pyle' at Hethpool 'whiche ys a greate releyffe to the tennants'. This implies that it was used as an occasional refuge. |
More information : (NT 89652835) Peel (LB) (Remains of) (1)
Remains of a late 14th century tower. (2)
Only three walls of the tower survive, rising to a maximum height of 5m, and ivy-clad. See GP. (3)
NT 894283 Remains of a building mentioned as a bastle in the 1541 survey of the Borders. However, it is so ivy-covered that this cannot be proved. (See Type-site NY 88 SE 14) (4)
No change. See G.P. (5)
Listed Grade II and Scheduled. (6,7)
The tower was built before 1415 when Robert Manners owned it, and was still functional in 1541. Not a bastle. (8) |