Shortflatt Tower (Belsay)
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Description
"Shortflatt Tower is one of the best surviving examples of a Northumbrian manor house. The earliest reference to a building on the site dates to 1305 when permission was granted to build battlements at the site. The only part of the building to date this early is a small turret in the north-east corner of the main house. It was probably once part of a two-storey stone house. The main living rooms would have been on the first floor with the ground floor used as store rooms and for housing animals. The tower was probably built in the later 15th century...." -
Owner
Keys to the Past (Durham & Northumbria County Councils) -
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Further information
Link: http://www.keystothepast.info/article/10339/Site-Detailsx?PRN=N10574
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Added by: Simon Cotterill
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