Killhopeburn Shieling
Has been described as a Certain Bastle
There are masonry ruins/remnants remains
Name | Killhopeburn Shieling |
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Historic Country | Durham |
Modern Authority | Durham |
1974 Authority | County Durham |
Civil Parish | Stanhope |
Bastle house with cowhouses added, now cowhouse and implement store. Late C16 and later. Roughly-squared sandstone rubble; roofs of Welsh slate and stone flags, with corrugated iron rear pent roofs. 2 storeys, 5 bays. Oldest central one-bay bastle has massive irregular quoins, the lowest 1m wide; C20 door under thin wood lintel; blank above. Boarded vehicle and store-room doors in left part, and loft doors above. Higher right part has chamfered stone lintel to left doorway; 3 first-floor boarded loft openings. Interior of right part shows low round-headed doorway of bastle, with massive irregular chamfered monolith arch and jambs. Right building has closely-spaced massive beams. (Listed Building Report)
Not scheduled
This is a Grade 2 listed building protected by law
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County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid Reference | NY835417 |
Latitude | 54.7704887390137 |
Longitude | -2.25734996795654 |
Eastings | 383540 |
Northings | 541760 |