The Gatehouse website record for Chesterwood 1 and 2 Bastles

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Mellom Cottage Outbuilding

In the civil parish of Haydon. In the historic county of Northumberland (Modern Authority of Northumberland, 1974 county of Northumberland).

Outbuilding, formerly a pair of bastle houses, reduced in height. Cl6 or early C17. Large rubble with galleting, massive quoins. West part has asbestos roof, east part corrugated iron roof. The eastern bastle has been built onto the gable end of the western. Front elevation: blocked door with massive jambs and lintel, C19 sash window, slit window, straight joint, remains of blocked door to former 1st floor, blocked door with massive jambs and exceptionally massive lintel. Rear elevation partly rebuilt with later doors. Interior: set-back for former 1st floor, traces of fireplace against east gable of east bastle. An example of 'terraced' bastles, which at one time probably made up the whole of Chesterwood. Two of a number of bastles in small group forming hamlet (5 according to RCHME report (based on King), Dodds can only safely count 3, a local newspaper claimed 13 originally, SMR gives details of 7 bastles). The Chesterwood group of bastles could be considered to amount to a defended village.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY82956517

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 16327
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is N7591 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

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