Amrita Cottage, Ireshopeburn
Has been described as a Possible Bastle
There are masonry ruins/remnants remains
| Name | Amrita Cottage, Ireshopeburn |
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| Historic Country | Durham |
| Modern Authority | Durham |
| 1974 Authority | County Durham |
| Civil Parish | Stanhope |
House, probably originally a defensible house. C16, possibly incorporating earlier fabric, with alterations. Rubble with irregular plinth; quoins, some massive; ashlar dressings. Roof of C20 tiles with brick chimneys. 2 low storeys, 4 bays. 2 steps up to boarded door under flat stone lintel in third bay; C20 sashes with glazing bars under flat stone lintels, some renewed, and with thin projecting stone sills. Blocked door at left; blocked narrow window at-centre of first floor. Rear elevation has blocked Tudor-arched doorway, with large irregular jambs supporting lintel with eroded inscription; one- storey, 2-bay pent outshut has large quoin. (Listed Building Report)
A thick, walled house which has been considerably altered. Amrita Cottage lies in the hamlet of West Blackdene, on the north bank of the Wear. The cottage, a Grade II Listed Building. It was first recognised as a potential historical building in a 1987 list which sees it as 'C16, possibly incorporating earlier fabric' and 'probably originally a defensible house'. The house measures c15 by 6.4m externally, with a walls of coursed rubble c 0.85 m thick and a thick cross-wall set a little east-of-centre. Despite extensive alterations in the mid-20th century, this is a interesting building. Its relatively thick walls and the small size of the original windows certainly suggests it was built with an eye to defence, but it is not a conventional bastle house. (Durham HER)
Not scheduled
This is a Grade 2 listed building protected by law
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| OS Map Grid Reference | NY867391 |
| Latitude | 54.7468605041504 |
| Longitude | -2.20858001708984 |
| Eastings | 386700 |
| Northings | 539100 |
