Description

NY 57 NE BEWCASTLE

10/34 Peel 0' Hill

1.4.57 II

Farmhouse formerly bastle house. Probably late C16 with additions dated and
inscribed over rear window W.& R. Routledge 1811. White washed stone rubble on
projecting plinth stones with large flush quoins; Welsh slate roof, stone end
chimney stacks. 2 storeys, 3 bays; lower 2-storey, 2-bay extension to right;
single-storey outbuilding to left. Original house has extremely thick walls
with C18 fenestration, no details of original windows are visible. Large
central casement window, flanking smaller casement windows, that to right is a
fire window with chamfered surround. Upper floor windows are single-pane
sashes. End wall of original house, now internal, has boiler recess which could
represent the original ground floor entrance. Extension to right has C20 door,
casement window to right, single-pane sash windows above. See Curwen, Castles &
Towers of Cumberland & Westmorland, 1913, p389; RCHM, Shielings & Bastles, 1970,
p76. Listing excludes farm outbuildings.

Listing NGR: NY5589275302

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26569984

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Recommended Books

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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)