Fenwick Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1986. House. 2 related planning applications.
Fenwick Tower
- WRENN ID
- leaning-mortar-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 August 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Fenwick Tower, Matfen, NE18 0QP
- OS grid reference
- NZ 057 728
- Coordinates
- 55.05044, -1.91166
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fenwick Tower is a house with a medieval core, significantly altered in the 17th and early 19th centuries. It is constructed of squared stone with a Welsh slate roof, and is arranged in an L-shape. The main facade is two storeys high and three bays wide, featuring a central 6-panel door recessed within a 19th-century wooden porch. The windows are 16-pane sash windows. The right-hand side of the facade is built of older, thicker masonry, and windows in this section retain portions of a double-chamfered surround, with reveals cut straight through the wall. The roof is hipped on the right, with a corniced ridge and end stacks. Attached to the right is a single-storey, two-bay shed from the early 18th century, with a boarded door and a small Yorkshire sash window, beneath a very steeply pitched roof with reverse-stepped gables.
The right return has a series of irregular openings. A 6-panel door is located to the left, set within a recessed 17th-century surround with a hoodmould. To the right of this is a 19th-century sash window, followed by a blocked doorway with a similar surround. Further to the right is a battened and boarded door in an ovolo-moulded wooden surround.
The gable end of the rear wing shows rough medieval masonry, including the springing of a vault and fragmentary remains of a tower associated with the Fenwick family, mentioned in 1415.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 2008
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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