Borbie Castle Circa 1/2 Mile North-West of Comb is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 January 1988. Bastlehouse.

Borbie Castle Circa 1/2 Mile North-West of Comb

WRENN ID
young-mullion-barley
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 January 1988
Type
Bastlehouse
Address
Borbie Castle Circa 1/2 Mile North-West of Comb, Tarset
OS grid reference
NY 761 909
Coordinates
55.21258, -2.37632
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Borbie Castle, located about half a mile north-west of Comb, is a ruined bastle house dating from the 16th or early 17th century. The structure is built from large blocks of random rubble, with walls that stand between approximately 8 to 15 feet high and are around 57 inches thick. The ground-floor doorway, situated in the north gable end, features an alternating-block surround with rounded edges and a relieving arch, of which only one voussoir remains. There is also a slit window in the south gable end. Inside the doorway, the structure has a rebated design and includes a hole for a harr post and drawbar tunnels. The springing of the vault is still visible.

Local climate

Borbie Castle Circa 1/2 Mile North-West of Comb receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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