Killhopeburn Shieling
Gatehouse Classification - Bastle
Has been described as a Certain Peel-house
There are masonry ruins/remnants remains
| Name | Killhopeburn Shieling |
| Alternative Names | |
| Medieval County | County Palatinate of Durham |
| Historic Country | Durham |
| Modern Authority | Durham |
| 1974 Authority | County Durham |
| Civil Parish | Stanhope |
Bastle house with cowhouses added, now cowhouse and implement store. Late C16 and later. Roughly-squared sandstone rubble; roofs of Welsh slate and stone flags, with corrugated iron rear pent roofs. 2 storeys, 5 bays. Oldest central one-bay bastle has massive irregular quoins, the lowest 1m wide; C20 door under thin wood lintel; blank above. Boarded vehicle and store-room doors in left part, and loft doors above. Higher right part has chamfered stone lintel to left doorway; 3 first-floor boarded loft openings. Interior of right part shows low round-headed doorway of bastle, with massive irregular chamfered monolith arch and jambs. Right building has closely-spaced massive beams. (Listed Building Report)
This site is a scheduled monument protected by law
This is a Grade 2 listed building protected by law
Historic England Scheduled Monument Number
Historic England Listed Building number(s)
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County Historic Environment Record
| OS Map Grid Reference | NY83544176 |
| Latitude | 54.77049 |
| Longitude | -2.25735 |
| Eastings | 383540 |
| Northings | 541760 |
| Length | 13m |
| Width | 7m |
| Dimensions Comment | |
| Vault | No |
| Vault Comment | |
| Orientation | 144 |
| Orientation Comment | |
| Wall Thickness 1 | 1m |
| Wall Thickness 2 | |
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