DODDINGTON BASTLE

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    "....Doddington Bastle is a ruined strong house, 17.4m by 7.6m externally, of three storeys with a projecting turret containing the entrance and stair in the centre of the south front. It was built by Sir Thomas Grey of Chillingham. There was formerly a datestone, removed to Ewart Park. The building stood complete until 1896, when the eastern part collapsed in a gale. The fabric is of massive coursed blocks of roughly squared sandstone with galletting, with better cut angle quoins...."
  • Owner

    Gatehouse Gazetteer
  • Source

    Local (Co-Curate)
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  • Further information

    Link: http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/2511.html
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 7 years, 4 months ago
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    Picture Taken: Unknown
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