Hepburn Bastle is a Grade II* listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1985. A Medieval Tower house.

Hepburn Bastle

WRENN ID
guardian-fireplace-aspen
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 January 1985
Type
Tower house
Period
Medieval
Address
Hepburn Bastle, Chillingham
OS grid reference
NU 070 248
Coordinates
55.51763, -1.88943
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hepburn Bastle is a tower house dating from the 15th century, with 16th and 17th century windows. It is constructed of dressed coursed stone and features a tunnel-vaulted basement along with two floors above. The building has a chamfered plinth and a further chamfered setback above the first floor. There are two original slit windows in the basement, while the upper floors contain mullioned and mullioned-and-transomed windows. At the time of the survey, the building was roofless and unoccupied. The spiral staircase has collapsed. Hepburn Bastle was first mentioned in 1509 in Archeologia Aeliana, Volume XIV, published in 1891.

Local climate

Hepburn Bastle receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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