Range Of Buildings To North West Of Monk Farmhouse

The range of buildings located to the north-west of Monk Farmhouse dates from the 16th to 17th century and may include some earlier materials. Originally partly domestic, the structure features rubble walls with heavy quoins and stone dressings on some openings. The roof has stone flags on the north-west slope and slate on the south-east slope. Both the external elevations and internal walls display a variety of openings, some of which are blocked, including several doorways with monolithic flat-pointed or round-arched heads. Inside, towards the south-west end of the range, there is a blocked door with a 2-centred pointed arch. The north-east gable has a blocked central door with a monolithic flat-pointed head and is topped by a square dovecote supported by four corbels, featuring a pyramidal stone slate roof. This dovecote is a later adaptation of a large stack, with the massive lintel of the first-floor fireplace still visible inside. Monk Farm is traditionally considered a medieval property of Hexham Priory. The range of buildings retains several features characteristic of bastle houses.