The Gatehouse website record for Ritton White House

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; West Ritton; Westryghton; Rytton

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

Possible remains of stone house and small barmkin recorded in 1541 as previously belonging to the, then suppressed, monastery of Newminster and scarcely in good repair. According to Dodds there is no sign of this despite being marked on OS map. King appears to list this site twice, once as Ritton and then as West Ritton. SMR report reads 'A group of C19 planned farm buildings stand at this site. At one end of the range one of the structures appears to be older. It may be the remains of a C16 or C17 bastle.' PastScape record reads 'Possible remains of a pele built between 1467-1500, now incoporated into a farm building at Ritton White House. Three walls of the bastle survive, the west wall containing a fireplace at first floor level.'

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NZ05509442

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 21405
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is N10815 '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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