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Tower House

A Grade II* Listed Building in Alnham, Northumberland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.3928 / 55°23'34"N

Longitude: -2.0169 / 2°1'0"W

OS Eastings: 399026

OS Northings: 610984

OS Grid: NT990109

Mapcode National: GBR G6C2.4N

Mapcode Global: WHB08.ZQQ5

Plus Code: 9C7V9XVM+46

Entry Name: Tower House

Listing Date: 21 October 1953

Last Amended: 3 September 1986

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1232573

English Heritage Legacy ID: 407949

ID on this website: 101232573

Location: Alnham, Northumberland, NE66

County: Northumberland

Civil Parish: Alnham

Traditional County: Northumberland

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Northumberland

Church of England Parish: Upper Coquetdale

Church of England Diocese: Newcastle

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Description


ALNHAM ALNHAM
NT 91 SE
8/6 Tower House
21/10/53 Formerly listed as
The Youth Hostel
(The old Vicarage)

GV II*

House. C14, first mentioned in 1405,and about 1840. Dressed stone and ashlar
with Welsh slate roof. Irregular. 2 storeys.

Medieval tower on left with T-plan C19 house attached to right.

Doorway recessed under pent roof in angle between the two sections.

Tower has 2- and 1-light C19 mullioned windows with floating cornices. C19
battlements with corner turrets.

Projecting bay to right of door has similar 3-light window on ground floor and
2-light above.

Gabled roofswith corniced ridge stacks.

Interior: tower has vaulted ground floor and walls 9 ft. thick.

Originally a 'vicar's pele'. Described as "long uninhabited and uninhabitable"
in 1821 but in use again by 1844. Later used Youth Hostel but now a private
house. 1

N.C.H. Vol. 14 pages 561 and 572.


Listing NGR: NT9903210986

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