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© Mr Kenneth Robinson
IoE Number:
239743
Location:
BLACK MIDDENS BASTLEHOUSE CIRCA 1/2 MILE SOUTH-EAST OF COMB,
TARSET, TYNEDALE, NORTHUMBERLAND
Photographer:
Mr Kenneth Robinson
Date Photographed:
11 February 2003
Date listed:
07 January 1988
Date of last amendment:
07 January 1988
Grade
II*
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TARSET COMB
NY 78 NE
31/83 Black Middens
Bastlehouse
c.1/2 mile south-
east of Comb
II*
Bastlehouse. Late C16 or early C17. Random rubble. Roofless. 2 storeys.
All 4 walls stand to eaves level.
Outside stone steps to original 1st-floor doorway which has chamfered surround;
the lintel has 3 holes for mullions and so may have been altered. Small
narrow chamfered window to right and, to left, a small square window with-
chamfered surround and holes for 2 mullions or iron bars. On the ground floor
two C19 doorways.
Original ground-floor doorway, now-blocked, on right return.
Interior: walls 4 ft. thick. Stumps of curved principals or upper crucks
remain in situ.
Scheduled Ancient Monument. County Number 551.