Chesterwood Farmhouse

Has been described as a Certain Bastle, and also as a Certain Urban Defence

There are masonry ruins/remnants remains

NameChesterwood Farmhouse
Alternative NamesChesterwood 4
Historic CountryNorthumberland
Modern AuthorityNorthumberland
1974 AuthorityNorthumberland
Civil ParishHaydon

Chesterwood Farmhouse. The original part of this measures 11.9m by 6.1m externally; its walls are entirely rendered and there is a later outshut to the rear. One huge upstanding boulder of the plinth is exposed at the north east corner. The only visible feature of antiquity is the considerable thickness (0.9m or thicker) of the walls. When the house was renovated some years ago an upper doorway was seen in the south wall and evidence that the walls had been heightened by 0.6m or so, to the present level (Ryder 1994-5). (Northumberland HER)

Gatehouse Comments

One of a number of bastles in small group forming hamlet (5 according to RCHME report, Dodds can only safely count 3, a local newspaper claimed 13 originally, SMR gives details of 7 bastles).

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceNY829651
Latitude54.980770111084
Longitude-2.26729011535645
Eastings382990
Northings565170
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Books

  • Ryder, Peter, 2004, 'Towers and bastles in Northumberland National Park' in Frodsham, P., Archaeology in the Northumberland National Park (CBA Research report 136) p. 262-271
  • Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Newcastle upon Tyne: Keepdate Publishing) p. 395-6
  • Salter, Mike, 1997, The Castles and Tower Houses of Northumberland (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 117 (slight)
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 2 p. 357

Journals

  • Christopherson, R., 2011, 'Northumberland bastles: origin and distribution' Medieval Settlement Research Vol. 26 p. 21-33 (listed in appendix)

Other

  • Ryder, P.F., 1994-5, Towers and Bastles in Northumberland Part 4 Tynedale District Vol. 2 p. 84