Cross House, Allendale

In the civil parish of Allendale.
In the historic county of Northumberland (Modern Authority of Northumberland, 1974 county of Northumberland).

Cross House may originally have been a bastle. It is built of massive stones and the walls seem to be at least 1m thick. The house has been altered in the late C20 so no old features are visible. Both bastle doors have been blocked. A slightly narrower extension and a barn are attached.

This site has been described as a;
Bastle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY82025649

Modern Map from

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from

Good for general location

Air Photo from

1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 1387820

County Sites and Monuments Record number; N7297

Web site links
- http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=N7297
Books
- Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Keepdate Publishing) p427
  Salter, Mike, 1997, The Castles and Tower Houses of Northumberland (Malvern) p117 [slight]
Other sources and unpublished works (Theses, in-house reports and other such)
- Ryder, P.F., 1995. Towers and Bastles in Northumberland, Part 4 Tynedale District Vol1 p3

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