Black Middens Bastle House

Coordinates: 55°12′13″N 2°21′29″W / 55.2036°N 2.3580°W / 55.2036; -2.3580

Black Middens Bastle House
Black Middens Bastle


Black Middens Bastle House Black Middens Bastle House shown within Northumberland
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Black Middens Bastle House lies about 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Bellingham, Northumberland.^[1] It is a two-storey fortified stone farmhouse from the 16th century.^[1] In times of trouble, which were common on the English-Scottish border, farmers could hide behind its thick walls. Livestock would be kept downstairs and the farmers' families upstairs.^[2]

The original door was blocked over and three additional doors and an external staircase were eventually added, and the roof lost. Nearby on the property is an 18th-century stone cottage.^[2]

The house, cottage, and grounds are owned and administered by English Heritage.^[1]

References

1 2 3 "Black Middens Bastle House". English Heritage. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
1 2 Black Middens Bastle, 2009, retrieved 21 November 2009

External links

Media related to Black Middens Bastle House at Wikimedia Commons

Black Middens Bastle House - official site

English Heritage properties in North East England

County Durham	Auckland Castle Deer House Barnard Castle Bowes Castle Egglestone Abbey Finchale Priory

Northumberland	Aydon Castle Belsay Hall, Castle & Gardens Berwick-upon-Tweed Barracks & Main Guard Berwick-upon-Tweed Castle & Ramparts Black Middens Bastle House Brinkburn Priory Dunstanburgh Castle Edlingham Castle Etal Castle Lindisfarne Priory Norham Castle Prudhoe Castle Warkworth Castle & Hermitage

Tyne and Wear	Bessie Surtees House Hylton Castle St. Paul's Monastery Tynemouth Castle and Priory

Tees Valley	Gisborough Priory Piercebridge Roman Bridge

Locations of Bastle houses in the United Kingdom

Cumbria	Birdoswald

Durham	Beamish Museum High Coniscliffe

Northumberland	Beltingham Black Middens Bastle House Chillingham Edlingham Castle Haltwhistle Housesteads Ninebanks

Scotland	Glenae Tower Kinnelhead Bastle-House Lowther Hills

See also: Barmkin Border Reivers Peel tower Tower house Tower houses in the British Isles

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