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Black Middens Bastle House
Black Middens Bastle
Location in Northumberland
General information
Location	Northumberland, England, UK
Coordinates	55°12′13″N 2°21′29″W / 55.2036°N 2.3580°W / 55.2036; -2.3580
OS grid	NY773900

Black Middens Bastle House lies about 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Bellingham, Northumberland. It is a two-storey fortified stone farmhouse from the 16th century. In times of trouble from border reivers, 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.

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.

The house, cottage, and grounds are owned and administered by English Heritage.

References

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

External links

[REDACTED] Media related to Black Middens Bastle House at Wikimedia Commons

• Black Middens Bastle House - official site

v t e 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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