Town Head Farmhouse, Henshaw
Has been described as a Possible Bastle
There are major building remains
| Name | Town Head Farmhouse, Henshaw |
| Alternative Names | |
| Historic Country | Northumberland |
| Modern Authority | Northumberland |
| 1974 Authority | Northumberland |
| Civil Parish | Henshaw |
Town Head farmhouse is rendered and pebble dashed and shows no sign of antiquity externally other than an impressive exposed boulder plinth at the east end.
The building consists of a rectangular block 12.4m by 5.9m, with a later outshut on the north and a single storey outbuilding at the west end. The rear wall, between the body of the house and the outshut, is 1.05m in thickness, but the front wall is only c.0.7m thick. The only masonry visible is part of the external face of the west end, visible inside the outbuilding, which shows heavy roughly squared stones, perhaps a little more regular in character than would be expected in a bastle. The thickness of the former north wall, coupled with the boulder plinth, are reasonable grounds for interpreting the house as a bastle; the front wall, and perhaps the west end, may have been rebuilt in the 18th century when the outshut may have been added. The building is said to have once been an ale house (Ryder 1994-5). (Northumberland HER)
Not scheduled
Not Listed
County Historic Environment Record
| OS Map Grid Reference | NY766644 |
| Latitude | 54.9737510681152 |
| Longitude | -2.36624002456665 |
| Eastings | 376650 |
| Northings | 564410 |
