Thorngrafton Farm Bastle

Has been described as a Possible Bastle

There are masonry ruins/remnants remains

NameThorngrafton Farm Bastle
Alternative NamesGreenhead Farm
Historic CountryNorthumberland
Modern AuthorityNorthumberland
1974 AuthorityNorthumberland
Civil ParishBardon Mill

Bastle, form uncertain. Measures 8.6 x 6.3m externally, with side walls 0.5m thick, and end wall 1.4m thick. Byre entrance in long wall. Present state - house (Ryder 1990).

Thorngrafton Farmhouse, formerly known as Greenhead Farm, lies on the north side of the village street. The western part of the house incorporates remains of a probable bastle c.8.6m by 6.3m externally, with side walls 0.95m thick and an east end wall 1.43m. Only the lower courses survive and the foot of the south east quoin. A doorway at the west end of the south wall (now converted to a window) has large blocks in its jambs and may be original (Ryder 1994-5). (Northumberland HER)

Not scheduled

Not Listed

County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceNY784654
Latitude54.9826812744141
Longitude-2.33793997764587
Eastings378480
Northings565410
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  • Ryder, P.F., 1994-5, Towers and Bastles in Northumberland Part 4 Tynedale District Vol. 1 p. 32
  • Ryder, P.F., 1990, Bastles and Towers in the Northumberland National Park (Report for Northumberland National Park Authority) p. 3