Eastwood House, Healey
Has been described as a Possible Bastle
There are masonry ruins/remnants remains
| Name | Eastwood House, Healey |
| Alternative Names | |
| Historic Country | Northumberland |
| Modern Authority | Northumberland |
| 1974 Authority | Northumberland |
| Civil Parish | Healey |
Solitary form bastle, measures 11 x 7m externally. Present state - house (Ryder 1990).
Eastwood House stands high on the east side of the valley of the March Burn. The western part of the house is a much altered bastle, measuring c.11.8m by 7.85m externally. The massive rubble of the west gable and the distinctive 'long' quoins are very typical of bastles in the area. The side walls are largely of smaller rubble; their thickness of 0.7m (in contrast with the 1.3m of the east end) suggests they have been rebuilt. Apart from the quoins and masonry, no original features are visible. Some blocked slit vents seem to relate to the conversion of the bastle to a farm building in the mid 19th century, when a new farmhouse was built onto its east end; the farm building was returned to domestic accommodation about 20 years ago (Ryder 1994-5). (Northumberland HER)
Not scheduled
Not Listed
County Historic Environment Record
| OS Map Grid Reference | NY999592 |
| Latitude | 54.9274101257324 |
| Longitude | -2.00223994255066 |
| Eastings | 399900 |
| Northings | 559200 |
