Structure Name: Chesterwood I & II

Description:
 

Chesterwood I and II are a pair of rubble built 16th/17th century bastle houses, now reduced in height and used as outbuildings. The eastern of the pair was built later. Both structures display evidence of blocked doorways. These provide an example of terraced bastles.
 

Extant: Yes

Legal Status: Listed Building Grade II, Scheduled Ancient Monument

Location: Chesterwood, NORTHUMBERLAND

Eastings: 382950m (view map)

Northings: 565170m (view map)

Position Accuracy: 20m

Positional Confidence: Absolute Certainty

Structure Types Identified: BASTLE, OUTBUILDING, TERRACE

Historical Background
 

Part of a group of five bastles within the village of Chesterwood.
 

Chronology:

• 1500 - 1650   Bastles constructed some time during the 16th century, or the early 17th century.

References:

• Images of England
• Keys To The Past
• Northumberland SMR
• Pevsner, N., Richmond, I., Grundy, J., McCombie, G., Ryder, P. and Welfare, H. (2001) The Buildings of England: Northumberland. London, Penguin Books, p.224

The information displayed in this page has been derived from authoritative sources, including any referenced above. Although substantial efforts were made to verify this information, the SINE project cannot guarantee its correctness or completeness.

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