Butterknowes Farmhouse

BRINKBURN BUTTERKNOWES NZ 09 NE 9/82 Butterknowes Farmhouse GV II

Bastle, late C16 or early C17; extended and refronted c.1800; rear wing and outshut second quarter of C19. Original parts heavy rubble; extension, porch and front wall squared stone; C19 parts squared stone with tooled-and- margined dressings. Welsh slate roof.

2 storeys, 1 + 2 bays. Right part has 4-pane sash windows, in chamfered surrounds, with slightly-projecting sills. Coped gables with stepped-and- banded end stacks. c.1800 left part, slightly set back, has renewed door in chamfered surround on left return of projecting porch with 6-pore casement and gable slit in front wall; windows, to left of porch, similar to right part. Coped left gable with stepped-and-banded end stack; 4-pore sash on left return. Rear elevation shows original bastle masonry above outshut with part-latticed window; to left is projecting wing of 2 low storeys with hip-ended roof.

Interior: North and west walls of bastle 1.20 metres thick. life east end wall, where by analogy with Brinkheugh and Thropton bastles one would expect to find both byre and upper doorways, is not exposed.

Listing NGR: NZ0913399168