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North Bastle, Gatehouse is a bastle house located in Northumberland, England. Bastle houses are fortified farmhouses characteristic of the Anglo-Scottish border region, typically dating from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, built in response to the endemic raiding and lawlessness that plagued the Borders during this period. These structures combined domestic accommodation with defensive features, characteristically incorporating stone walls of substantial thickness and small, defensible windows designed to protect livestock and inhabitants from border raiders. North Bastle exemplifies this distinctive architectural type that emerged from the particular security challenges faced by farming communities in the volatile frontier landscape of early modern Britain.
North Bastle, Gatehouse is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015527. View the official record →
North Bastle, Gatehouse is a bastle house located in Northumberland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015527.
North Bastle, Gatehouse is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1015527.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Gatehouse South bastle (0 km), Romano-British farmstead, 330m north west of Sidwood Cottage (1.5 km), Romano-British farmstead 170m north of Cleugh Head (1.8 km).
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