Bastle Houses at Ottercops Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1981. Bastle house.
Bastle Houses at Ottercops Farm
- WRENN ID
- lost-frieze-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1981
- Type
- Bastle house
- Address
- Bastle Houses at Ottercops Farm, A 696, Elsdon
- OS grid reference
- NY 956 889
- Coordinates
- 55.19481, -2.06927
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The bastle houses at Ottercops Farm are two attached dwellings that have been converted into farm stores. The eastern part of the structure is recorded as dating back to 1604, while the western part is from the early 17th century and was partly rebuilt in the 18th or early 19th century. The buildings are constructed of random rubble and topped with a Welsh slate roof.
On the ground floor, there are two 19th-century doorways featuring stable-type doors. To the right, there is an original slit window with a chamfered surround. In the center, later stone steps lead to the original first-floor doorways. To the right of these steps is a small window with a chamfered surround, while a later window is located to the left. The roof is gabled and includes brick stacks at both ends and along the ridge.
There is an original blocked ground-floor doorway on the right return, which has a chamfered surround and a relieving arch above the lintel. Additionally, there are outside stone steps on the left return.
Inside, the walls are 54 inches thick.
Local climate
Bastle Houses at Ottercops Farm receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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