The Gatehouse website record for Cowshill Bridge End Bastle

In the civil parish of Stanhope. In the historic county of Durham; County Palatinate of (Modern Authority of Durham, 1974 county of County Durham).

Bastle house; possibly c.1600 with alterations. Roughly coursed and squared stone, with some massive quoins and ashlar dressings; stone-flagged roof. 2 storeys, 2 windows. Side steps, behind flat-coped stepped wall, to first-floor central Dutch door. Thin stone lintel to door and to flanking late C19 sashes with thin stone sills. Right return gable has central ground-floor 2-centred- arched surround to chamfered flat Tudor-arched door; draw-bar slot. 2 irregularly-placed small sashes above at left, one with glazing bars. End chimneys with thin string near top. Interior of ground floor shows walls about 1m thick.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY852407

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 1396153
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is D3955 '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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