Old Hall Farm
Has been described as a Possible Bastle
There are masonry ruins/remnants remains
Name | Old Hall Farm |
Alternative Names | Oldhall |
Historic Country | Northumberland |
Modern Authority | Northumberland |
1974 Authority | Northumberland |
Civil Parish | Tarset |
Old Hall Farmhouse, rear and left end walls c40 inches thick and clearly represent the remains of a bastle house. They contain large irregular boulders and much galleting (Grundy 1987).
Solitary form bastle, walls 1m thick. Present state - house (Ryder 1990).
No distinctive bastle features found after short external examination. The four angle quoins are all later 18th century (Ryder 1990).
Old Hall Farm; the front is coursed, roughly-dressed stone with ashlar dressings; the rear is random rubble; Welsh slate roof. From the front the house is a standard two-storey, three-bay house with a boarded door and renewed sash windows, all in original openings. The door has a slightly chamfered surround and the façade is nicely proportioned. The rear and left end walls however, are about 40 inches thick and clearly represent the remains of a bastle house. They contain large irregular boulders and much galleting (Grundy 1987). (Northumberland HER)
Not scheduled
Not Listed
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid Reference | NY763863 |
Latitude | 55.1709403991699 |
Longitude | -2.37350010871887 |
Eastings | 376300 |
Northings | 586350 |