Killhopeburn Shieling

Has been described as a Certain Bastle

There are masonry ruins/remnants remains

NameKillhopeburn Shieling
Alternative Names
Historic CountryDurham
Modern AuthorityDurham
1974 AuthorityCounty Durham
Civil ParishStanhope

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

Historic England Scheduled Monument Number
Historic England Listed Building number(s)
Images Of England
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceNY835417
Latitude54.7704887390137
Longitude-2.25734996795654
Eastings383540
Northings541760
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Books

  • Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles and Tower Houses of County Durham (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 63 (slight)

Journals

  • Ryder, P.F., 1994, 'Bastles in Weardale' The Bonny Moor Hen: The Journal of The Weardale Field Study Society No. 7