The Blackbird Inn is a Grade II* listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1952. A C13 Inn. 11 related planning applications.
The Blackbird Inn
- WRENN ID
- waning-gable-thyme
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1952
- Type
- Inn
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
PONTELAND NORTH ROAD NZ 1672 and 1673 (West side)
27/343 and 29/343 The Blackbird Inn 27.8.52
GV II*
Formerly a manor house, now an inn. Medieval tower, altered and house added mid C17 for Mark Errington. Restored early C20. Tower large random rubble with stone slate roof. Attached house roughly-dressed stone and Welsh slate roof. Old brick chimneys.
Tower, on left, has large projecting chimney to left with stone base rising to 2 tall brick shafts. To right a projecting 3-storey gabled frontispiece, blank on ground floor and oversailing above on 2 large rounded corbels. Two 2-light double-chamfered mullioned windows above, with strings rising to form hoodmoulds. Gabled roof with kneelers
Between these projections a C20 door and, on 1st floor a 2-light window with hoodmould and panel above inscribed M:E: for Mark Errington.
3-bay attached house to right has central gabled porch with round-headed door in architrave. Stone slate roof. M.E. inscribed on lintel of original Tudor- arched doorway within. Flanking canted bay windows and 2-light windows above have double-chamfered surrounds. This detail is now all C19.
On left return 4-light mullioned windows with hoodmoulds on ground and first floors. 2-light window above.
Interior of tower has tunnel-vaulted ground floor and a large C17 fireplace; the lintel carved with crenellations.
Listing NGR: NZ1653572993
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